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Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture (Encyclopedias of Contemporary Culture) by Edward L. Davis is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture (Encyclopedias of Contemporary Culture) about?

This is the first reference book to digest this vast cultural output and make it accessible to the English-speaking world. It contains nearly 1,200 entries written by an international team of specialists, to enable readers to explore a range of diverse and fascinating cultural subjects from prisons to rock groups, underground Christian churches to TV talk shows and radio hotlines. Experimental artists with names such as 'Big-Tailed Elephants' and 'The North-Pole Group' nestle between the covers alongside entries on lotteries, gay cinema, political jokes, sex shops, theme parks, 'New Authoritarians' and 'Little Emperors'. While the focus of the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture is on mainland China since 1980, it also includes longer, specially commissioned entries on various aspects of contemporary culture in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Including full and up-to-date references for further reading, this is an indispensable reference tool for all teachers and students of contemporary Chinese culture. It will also be warmly embraced as an invaluable source of cultural context by tourists, journalists, business people and others who visit China.

Author
Edward L. Davis
Publisher
London: New York: Routledge
Published
2005
Language
EN
ISBN
9780203676745
Subjects
Science, Reference, History

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