encyclopedia_of_contemporary_chinese_culture

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1、ENCYCLOPEDIAOFCONTEMPORARYCHINESECULTURE‘MadeinChina’hasbecomeatagfamiliartoallWesterners,butChina’sshifttoamarketeconomyintheearly1980sreleasednotonlytheindustrialbutalsothevastcreativeenergiesofChina’scitizenstoproduceaculturalrenaissanceuniqueinthecontemporaryworld.Inthelastquarter-century,comm

2、unistideologyhasbeeninrapidretreatandtheculturalresourcesofChina’spre-socialistpasthavebeenrediscoveredandcombinedwithcurrentinfluencesfromhomeandabroadtoconstructcompetingresponsestoChina’severchangingpresent.TheEncyclopediaofContemporaryChineseCultureisthefirstreferencebooktodigestthisvastcultur

3、aloutputandmakeitaccessibletotheEnglish-speakingworld.TheEncyclopediacontainsnearly1,200entrieswrittenbyaninternationalteamofspecialiststoenablereaderstoexplorearangeofdiverseandfascinatingculturalsubjectsfromprisonstorockgroups,undergroundChristianchurchestoTVtalkshowsandradiohotlines.Experimenta

4、lartistswithnamessuchas‘Big-TailedElephant’and‘ThePondSociety’nestlebetweenthecoversalongsideentriesonlotteries,gaycinema,politicaljokes,sexshops,themeparks,‘NewAuthoritarians’and‘littleemperors’.These,aswellasmoretraditionalsubjectsandbiographicalentries,areindexedunderthefollowingeighteencategor

5、iesforeasythematicreference:●architectureandspace●education●ethnicityandethnicidentity●fashionanddesign●film●foodanddrink●health●language●literature●media●music●performingarts●politicalculture●religion●society●sportsandrecreation●visualarts●womenandgenderWhilethefocusoftheEncyclopediaofContemporar

6、yChineseCultureisonmainlandChinasince1980,theEncyclopediaalsoincludeslonger,speciallycommissionedentriesonvariousaspectsofcontemporarycultureinHongKongandTaiwan.Mostentriesincludefullandup-to-datereferencesforfurtherreading,makingtheEncyclopediaanindispensablereferencetoolforallteachersandstudents

7、ofcontemporaryChineseculture.Itisalsolikelytobewarmlyembracedasaninvaluablesourceofculturalcontextbytourists,journalists,businesspeopleandotherswhovisitChina.EdwardL.DavisisAssociateProfessorofHistoryattheUnivers