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The Avant-Garde and the Popular in Modern China: Tian Han and the Intersection of Performance and Politics
Liang Luo
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Description for The Avant-Garde and the Popular in Modern China: Tian Han and the Intersection of Performance and Politics
Paperback. Provides a new perspective on the Chinese avant-garde through the figure of artist and activist Tian Han Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ANB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 596.
The Avant-Garde and the Popular in China examines avant-garde performance as an important political force shaping popular culture in modern China, focusing on artist and activist Tian Han. This is the first book to analyze Han’s art and activism and to explore how an important group of Chinese performing artists invested in politics and the pursuit of the avant-garde came to terms with different ways of being “popular” in modern times.
The book traces Han’s trajectory through key moments in the evolution of twentieth-century Chinese national culture, from the Christian socialist cosmopolitanism of post–WWI Tokyo to the urban modernism ... Read more
The Avant-Garde and the Popular in China examines avant-garde performance as an important political force shaping popular culture in modern China, focusing on artist and activist Tian Han. This is the first book to analyze Han’s art and activism and to explore how an important group of Chinese performing artists invested in politics and the pursuit of the avant-garde came to terms with different ways of being “popular” in modern times.
The book traces Han’s trajectory through key moments in the evolution of twentieth-century Chinese national culture, from the Christian socialist cosmopolitanism of post–WWI Tokyo to the urban modernism ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472052172
SKU
V9780472052172
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About Liang Luo
Liang Luo is Associate Professor of Chinese Literature and Culture at the University of Kentucky, USA.
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