In the Red: On Contemporary Chinese Culture - Hardcover

Barme, Geremie R.; Barma(c), Geremie R.; Barm?, Geremie R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0231106149 ISBN 13: 9780231106146

Verlag: Columbia University Press, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

CHINA, GEREMIE R. BARMÉ NOTES, HAS BECOME ONE OF THE GREATEST WRITING AND PUBLISHING NATIONS ON THE PLANET, AND BOTH CULTURAL ACTIVISTS AND THE STATE ARE EMBROILED IN DEBATES ABOUT THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ITS CULTURAL PRODUCTS. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GLOBAL CULTURE AND CHINESE CAPITALIST-SOCIALISM MEET IN THE MARKETPLACE? IN THE REDINVESTIGATES WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE RHETORIC OF THE OFFICIAL CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND THE DISSIDENT COMMUNITY AND PROVIDES A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON MAINSTREAM WESTERN PERCEPTIONS OF CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS, ARTISTIC FREEDOM, AND POPULAR LIFESTYLES IN CHINA TODAY.ILLUSTRATED WITH FASCINATING CARTOONS AND PHOTOGRAPHS AND RICH WITH FACTS, ANECDOTES, AND EVENTS, IN THE RED EXPOSES THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN "OFFICIAL" CULTURE (PRODUCED, SUPPORTED, OR SANCTIONED BY THE GOVERNMENT) AND "NONOFFICIAL" OR COUNTERCULTURES (ESPECIALLY AMONG URBAN YOUTHS AND DISSIDENTS). TWO KEY AND CONTRASTING EVENTS LOOM LARGE IN THIS NARRATIVE: THE 1989 PROTESTS THAT ENDED WITH THE JUNE 4 MASSACRE AND A NATIONWIDE PURGE, AND DENG XIAOPING'S 1992 "TOUR OF THE SOUTH," IN WHICH HE EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR RADICAL ECONOMIC REFORM. ALTHOUGH A LEVEL OF POLITICAL TOLERANCE HAS EVOLVED SINCE THE 1970S, BARMÉ SHEDS LIGHT ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INTERMITTENT DENUNCIATIONS OF ARTISTS, IDEAS, AND WORKS.

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Críticas

Barme knows China well [and] has occasionally feuded with Chinese cultural icons... Here, he surveys the cultural warfare since the reform era began in 1978 and emphasizes the way a rich counterculture has flowered despite the authorities'deep misgivings and periodic purges. -- Nicholas D. Kristof New York Times Book Review A factual look at a cultural revolution that is happening without artist or government realizing it. -- Joe Collins Booklist

Reseña del editor

China, Geremie R. Barme notes, has become one of the greatest writing and publishing nations on the planet, and both cultural activists and the state are embroiled in debates about the production and distribution of its cultural products. But what happens when global culture and Chinese capitalist-socialism meet in the marketplace? In the Redinvestigates what goes on behind the rhetoric of the official Chinese government and the dissident community and provides a unique perspective on mainstream Western perceptions of cultural developments, artistic freedom, and popular lifestyles in China today. Illustrated with fascinating cartoons and photographs and rich with facts, anecdotes, and events, In the Red exposes the complex relationship between "official" culture (produced, supported, or sanctioned by the government) and "nonofficial" or countercultures (especially among urban youths and dissidents). Two key and contrasting events loom large in this narrative: the 1989 protests that ended with the June 4 massacre and a nationwide purge, and Deng Xiaoping's 1992 "tour of the south," in which he emphasized the need for radical economic reform. Although a level of political tolerance has evolved since the 1970s, Barme sheds light on the significance of the intermittent denunciations of artists, ideas, and works.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0231106149
• ISBN 13: 9780231106146
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 554