Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0415241294 ISBN 13: 9780415241298

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2004

Riassunto

This is the first reference book to digest this vast cultural output and make it accessible to the English-speaking world. It contains nearly 1,200 entries written by an international team of specialists, to enable readers to explore a range of diverse and fascinating cultural subjects from prisons to rock groups, underground Christian churches to TV talk shows and radio hotlines. Experimental artists with names such as 'Big-Tailed Elephants' and 'The North-Pole Group' nestle between the covers alongside entries on lotteries, gay cinema, political jokes, sex shops, theme parks, 'New Authoritarians' and 'Little Emperors'.

While the focus of the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture is on mainland China since 1980, it also includes longer, specially commissioned entries on various aspects of contemporary culture in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Including full and up-to-date references for further reading, this is an indispensable reference tool for all teachers and students of contemporary Chinese culture. It will also be warmly embraced as an invaluable source of cultural context by tourists, journalists, business people and others who visit China.

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Recensione:

'It will serve as a welcome introduction to all facets of Chinese studies. Highly recommended.' - Library Journal

'Highly recommended for the reference sections of academic and larger public libraries, and a pleasure for the curious to dip into at random.' - Booklist

'An excellent reference work for anyone with an interest in contemporary Chinese culture.' - The China Journal

L'autore:

Edward L. Davis is Associate Professor of Chinese History at the University of Hawai'i. He received his B.A. (1976) in modern European history from Harvard College and both his M.A. (1981) and Ph.D. (1993) in Chinese history from the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of Society and the Supernatural in Song China (2001) and various articles on the history of the Song and Ming dynasties. He would rather be playing his cello.

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• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0415241294
• ISBN 13: 9780415241298
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 824
• Redattore: Davis Edward L.