War and Popular Culture Resistance in Modern China, 1937-1945
Hardback (13 Jul 1994)
- $86.09
Includes delivery to the United States
10+ copies available online - Usually dispatched within 7 days
Check stock
This is the first comprehensive study of popular culture in twentieth-century China, and of its political impact during the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945 (known in China as "The War of Resistance against Japan"). Chang-tai Hung shows in compelling detail how Chinese resisters used a variety of popular cultural forms-especially dramas, cartoons, and newspapers-to reach out to the rural audience and galvanize support for the war cause. While the Nationalists used popular culture as a patriotic tool, the Communists refashioned it into a socialist propaganda instrument, creating lively symbols of peasant heroes and joyful images of village life under their rule. In the end, Hung argues, the Communists' use of popular culture contributed to their victory in revolution.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780520082366 |
Publisher: | University of California Press |
Imprint: | University of California Press |
Pub date: | 13 Jul 1994 |
DEWEY: | 700 |
DEWEY edition: | 20 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 432 |
Weight: | 860g |
Height: | 164mm |
Width: | 237mm |
Spine width: | 32mm |