Cultural History of Contemporary China

Selected Essays
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-54158-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 462 g

Reihe: Historical Studies of Contemporary China

The establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 heralded dramatic changes in Chinese cultural practices. This volume, the latest entry in the Historical Studies of Contemporary China series, includes 11 articles translated from Historical Studies of Contemporary China (Dangdai Zhongguo shi yanjiu), one of China’s leading academic journals.

The broad range of cultural forms covered include the book trade and publishing industry, comic strips, literacy and education, popular visual art, Peking Opera, and rural temple fairs. This volume introduces readers to cutting edge Chinese language scholarship and a vibrant cultural scene as it transitioned to the era of the People’s Republic, tracing the continuities as well as the changes in cultural life in China throughout the 20th century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

DeMare, Brian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables

Part 1: Printing and Reading

1 The Establishment of Beijing’s Publishing System during the Early Years of the People’s Republic of China and Its Impact on People’s Reading Habits

Tao Wei

2 The Transformation of the Comic Strip Industry in Beijing

Lian Shaofu

3 Salvaging Privately-owned Old and Antique Books between 1949 and 1965

Pi Xuejun

4 Reorganization and Transformation: Dagong Bao in the 1950s and 1960s

Rong Xinchun and Li Zhaoxiang

Part 2: Education, Rural and Urban

5 Literacy Education in Shanghai, 1949–1952

Yang Liping

6 Literacy Campaign in Rural Shanxi in the Early Years of the PRC

Yue Qianhou and Du Qing’e

7 A Study of Rural Primary Education in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province in the Early Years of the PRC

Feng Xiao

Part 3: Reinventing the Old

8 Transformation of Old Nianhua in the Early Years of the PRC

Li Honghe

9 Two Mass Poetry Campaigns in the History of the PRC: The Great-Leap-Forward Ballads and the Tian’anmen Poems

Xia Xingzhen

10 Yangbanxi: Their Emergence and Creative Formula

Wang Linyu

11 Rural Temple Fairs in Western China in the 1980s and 1990s: A Case Study of Northern Shaanxi

Qin Yan and Liu Hui

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Brian DeMare, Ph.D. (2007) is Professor of History at Tulane University. His published works include Tiger, Tyrant, Bandit, Businessman: Echoes of Counterrevolution from New China (Stanford, 2022), Land Wars: The Story of China’s Agrarian Revolution (Stanford, 2019), and Mao’s Cultural Army: Drama Troupes in China’s Rural Revolution (Cambridge, 2015).