Handbook of Chinese Popular Culture

Inbunden, Engelska, 1994

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Beskrivning

Chinese popular culture is extremely diverse and richly complex. The 18 chapters in this reference provide the most current and comprehensive bibliographical and descriptive study of Chinese popular culture in English. The chapters, each devoted to a particular topic, are written by expert contributors who offer comprehensive surveys of research materials and discuss the most important points of critical interest.The opening chapters of the book discuss the complexity of the Chinese cultural tradition and the relationship between popular culture and Chinese civilization. The chapters that follow are devoted to particular topics that reflect key elements of Chinese popular culture, such as tea drinking, literature, and religion. The chapters generally discuss the history of the topic, review current research in the field, evaluate available reference sources and research collections, and present bibliographic information.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1994-08-23
Mått:161 x 240 x 27 mm
Vikt:796 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:424
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780313278082

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

WU DINGBO is Associate Professor of English at Shanghai International Studies University. A renowned authority on science fiction, his publications include Science Fiction from China: Eight Stories (Praeger Publishers, 1989).PATRICK D. MURPHY is Professor of English at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He is the editor of Staging the Impossible (Greenwood Press, 1992) and the coeditor of Science Fiction from China.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface by Patrick D. Murphy Introduction: Cultural Tradition and Popular Culture by Wu Dingbo Lifestyles: Commercialization and Concepts of Choice by Rebecca Weiner Food by E.N. Anderson Tea Drinking and Its Culture by Ione Kramer Religion by Jordan Paper Chinese Herbal Medicine by Hsiao-Hung Lee Sports by Susan E. Brownell Taijiquan and Qigong by J.A. English-Lueck Wushu by Zhang Wei and Tan Xiujun The Chinese Mass Media by Xu Xinyi Film by Wu Dingbo Traditional Chinese Drama by Jiang Xinyun Chinese Gallant Fiction by Cao Zhengwen Chinese Science Fiction by Wu Dingbo Comic Art by John Lent Chinese Calligraphy by Qingxiang Wang Popular Rural Architecture by Ronald G. Knapp Transportation in the People's Republic of China by John Marney Selected Bibliography Index