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10%OFFJason McGrath - Postsocialist Modernity: Chinese Cinema, Literature, and Criticism in the Market Age - 9780804773638 - V9780804773638
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Postsocialist Modernity: Chinese Cinema, Literature, and Criticism in the Market Age

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Description for Postsocialist Modernity: Chinese Cinema, Literature, and Criticism in the Market Age Paperback. This book examines Chinese culture under the condition of postsocialist modernity, in which market reforms have fundamentally altered the fields of film, literature, and cultural debate. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 table, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; APF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.

This book examines Chinese culture under the age of market reforms. Beginning in the early 1990s and on into the new century, fields such as literature and film have been fundamentally transformed by the forces of the market as China is integrated ever more closely into the world economic system. As a result, the formerly unified revolutionary culture has been changed into a pluralized state that reflects the diversity of individual experience in the reform era. New autonomous forms of culture that have arisen include avant-garde as well as commercial literature, and independent film as well as a new entertainment ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
434g
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804773638
SKU
V9780804773638
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About Jason McGrath
Jason McGrath is Associate Professor of Modern Chinese Literature and Film in the Department of Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He has published several articles and anthology chapters on contemporary Chinese cinema.

Reviews for Postsocialist Modernity: Chinese Cinema, Literature, and Criticism in the Market Age
"Postsocialist Modernity is an engaging and well-written analysis that employs an array of primary sources to illustrate the ways literature, culture, and cinema connect to national transformation in an international context. Additionally, McGrath provides accurate and helpful translations of Chinese cultural terminology affiliated with this particular era. The book is strongly recommended to researchers, graduate students, upper-division undergraduates, and anyone ... Read more

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