Synopses & Reviews
Chinese popular culture is extremely diverse and richly complex. The 18 chapters in this reference provide the most comprehensive and current bibliographical and descriptive study of Chinese popular culture in English. Each chapter, written by an expert contributor, provides a thorough survey of research materials and an overview of the most significant points of critical concern. The extensive closing bibliography provides references for topics not treated in the volume.
Review
This is a badly needed and very useful collection of essays about eighteen areas of Chinese popular culture...Journal of Popular Culture
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This book is valuable for the general reader who is curious about an aspect of Chinese culture.ARBAf95
Synopsis
Provides a detailed and complete study of various aspects of Chinese popular culture.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-396) and index.
Table of Contents
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