The past two decades witnessed the rise of television entertainment in China. Although television networks are still state-owned and Party-controlled in China, the ideological landscape of television programs has become increasingly diverse and even paradoxical, simultaneously subservient and defiant, nationalistic and cosmopolitan, moralistic and fun-loving, extravagant and mundane. Studying Chinese television as a key de in the network of power relationships, therefore, provides us with a unique opportunity to understand the tension-fraught and , paradox-permeated conditions of Chinese post-socialism. This book argues for a serious engagement with television entertainment. rethinking, It addresses the following questions. How is entertainment television politically and culturally significant in the Chinese context? How have political, industrial, and techlogical changes in the 2000s affected the way Chinese television relates to the state and society? How can we think of media regulation and censorship without perpetuating the myth of a self-serving authoritarian regime vs. a subdued cultural workforce? What do popular televisual texts tell us about the unsettled and reconfigured relations between commercial television and the state? The book presents a number of studies of popular television programs that are sensitive to the changing production and regulatory contexts for Chinese television in the twenty-first century. As an interdisciplinary study of the television industry, this book covers a number of important issues in China today, such as censorship, nationalism, consumerism, social justice, and the central and local authorities. As such, it will appeal to a broad audience including students and scholars of Chinese culture and society, media studies, television studies, and cultural studies.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-10
0415745128
ISBN-13
9780415745123
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209221960
Product Key Features
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Communication & Media
Dimensions
Weight
453g
Height
234mm
Width
156mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
London
Edited by
Geng Song, Ruoyun Bai
Series Title
Routledge Contemporary China Series
Content Note
11 Black & White Illustrations, 10 Black & White Halftones, 1 Black & White Line Drawings
Author Biography
Ruoyun Bai is Assistant Professor in the Department of Arts, Culture, and Media and Centre of Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto, Canada. Geng Song is Associate Professor in the School of Chinese at the University of Hong Kong.
Date of Publication
04/09/2014
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Genre
Communication & Media
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