Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture (Encyclopedias of Contemporary Culture) 1st Edition
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...
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ftwesternkent:oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:dlps_book-1022 2024-09-15T18:24:57+00:00 Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture (Encyclopedias of Contemporary Culture) 1st Edition Yuan,, Haiwang, Contributor Davis,, Edward L., Editor 2009-01-01T08:00:00Z https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlps_book/21 unknown TopSCHOLAR® https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlps_book/21 DLPS Faculty and Staff Book Gallery Asian History Chinese Studies Cultural History text 2009 ftwesternkent 2024-07-03T04:13:46Z 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 https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlps_book/1022/thumbnail.jpg Text North Pole Western Kentucky University (WKU): TopScholar |
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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 https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlps_book/1022/thumbnail.jpg |
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