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Screening Post-1989 China
W. Ho
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Description for Screening Post-1989 China
Paperback. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
This unique book investigates the tug-of-war between the free market economy and authoritative state regulation in Chinese culture after 1989. Contextualizing close textual readings of cinematic and television texts, both officially sanctioned and independently made, Wing Shan Ho illuminates the complex process in which cultural producers and consumers negotiate with both the state and the market in articulating new forms of subjectivity. Ho examines the types of Chinese subjects that the state applauds and aggrandizes in contrast to those that it condemns and attempts to eliminate. Her focus on the socialist spirit exposes inherent contradictions in the current Chinese project ... Read more
This unique book investigates the tug-of-war between the free market economy and authoritative state regulation in Chinese culture after 1989. Contextualizing close textual readings of cinematic and television texts, both officially sanctioned and independently made, Wing Shan Ho illuminates the complex process in which cultural producers and consumers negotiate with both the state and the market in articulating new forms of subjectivity. Ho examines the types of Chinese subjects that the state applauds and aggrandizes in contrast to those that it condemns and attempts to eliminate. Her focus on the socialist spirit exposes inherent contradictions in the current Chinese project ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
Number of Pages
227
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349506460
SKU
V9781349506460
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99-15
About W. Ho
Wing Shan Ho is Assistant Professor of Chinese at Montclair State University, USA. She recently published articles in Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media and Studies in the Humanities.
Reviews for Screening Post-1989 China
“Screening Post-1989 China is a well-researched study of how the Chinese government censors and controls electronic media and how the media reacts. It gives new perspectives on Chinese electronic media and a new understanding of how censorship shapes the media in return. It is probably the best book on censorship in China. It is a must-read for understanding Chinese media.” ... Read more