Gilded voices [electronic resource] : economics, politics, and storytelling in the Yangzi delta since 1949 / by Qiliang He.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

He, Qiliang, 1948-

Series:

Ideas, history, and modern China ; v. 5.

Ideas, history, and modern China, 1875-9394 ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Storytelling--China--Yangtze River Delta--History--20th century.

Storytelling.

Oral tradition--China--Yangtze River Delta--History--20th century.

Oral tradition.

Politics and culture--China--Yangtze River Delta--History--20th century.

Politics and culture.

Yangtze River Delta (China)--Economic conditions.

Yangtze River Delta (China).

Yangtze River Delta (China)--Social conditions.

Yangtze River Delta (China)--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Gilded Voices: Economics, Politics, and Storytelling in the Yangzi Delta since 1949 , Qiliang He pieces together published, archival, and oral history sources to explore the role of the cultural market in mediating between the state and artists in the PRC era. By focusing on pingtan , a storytelling art using the Suzhou dialect, the book documents both the state’s efforts to police artists and their repertoire and storytellers’ collaboration with, as well as resistance to, state supervision and intervention. The book thereby challenges long-held scholarly assumptions about the Chinese Communist Party’s success in politicizing popular culture, patronizing artists, abolishing the cultural market, and enforcing rigid censorship in Mao’s times.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Chapter One The Pingtan System

Chapter Two Cutting the Tail: The Founding of the Shanghai Troupe in the Early 1950's

Chapter Three Politics as Entertainment: Middle-Length Pingtan Stories in the 1950's and 1960's

Chapter Four Between the Association and the State: The Guangyu Incident in 1957

Chapter Five Between Accommodation and Resistance: Pingtan Storytelling on the Eve of the Cultural Revolution

Chapter Six Beyond Spiritual Pollution: The Odysseys of Su Yuyin and Yang Zijiang

Chapter Seven Between Nostalgic and Critical: Political Pingtan Stories at the Turn of the New Millennium

Epilogue Re-Patronizing Pingtan Storytelling

List of Interviewees

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-99563-7

9786613767240

90-04-23244-3

OCLC:

799765660