Mainstream culture refocused television drama, society, and the production of meaning in reform-era China

This work examines the multiple cultural and historical legacies that coexist and challenge each other within serialized television drama (dianshiju) in China. It argues for recognizing the complexity of dianshiju's melodramatic mode and its various subgenres, in effect 'refocusing' m...

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Main Author: Zhong, Xueping
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu University of Hawai'i Press 2016, 2016
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This work examines the multiple cultural and historical legacies that coexist and challenge each other within serialized television drama (dianshiju) in China. It argues for recognizing the complexity of dianshiju's melodramatic mode and its various subgenres, in effect 'refocusing' mainstream Chinese culture. Provocative and insightful, this will appeal to scholars and students in studies of modern China generally and of contemporary Chinese media and popular culture specifically
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2010
Physical Description:1 online resource illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:9780824870010