Television and the modernization ideal in 1980s China : dazzling the eyes / Huike Wen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wen, Huike, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television--Social aspects--China--History--20th century.

Television.

Television broadcasting--China--History--20th century.

Television broadcasting.

Visual communication--Social aspects--China--History--20th century.

Visual communication.

Mass media--Social aspects--China--History--20th century.

Mass media.

Social change--China--History--20th century.

Social change.

China--Social conditions--1976-2000.

China.

China--Intellectual life--1976-.

China--Civilization--1976-2002.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, England : Lexington Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using theories of visual culture, media technology, globalization and gender studies supplemented by visual images and interviews, the book explores Chinese television history in the pivotal decade of the 1980s from the cultural studies viewpoint and explains the intellectual reception of television in China during the '80s.

Contents:

TELEVISION AND THE MODERNIZATION IDEAL IN 1980s CHINA; CONTENTS; Introduction; Chapter 1. What Could You Do with a Television Set?: The Legitimization of Television; Chapter 2. Jump Starting a Learning Process: The Ownership of TV Sets and Social Status; Chapter 3. Documenting Nature: TV and the Representation of Nature in 1980s China; Chapter 4. TV and the Other Modern Mass Media; Chapter 5. Providing More Choices?: Domenstic and Imported TV Dramas and Gender Confusion; Epilogue. Continuity, Importation, Creation and the Chinese TV Industry; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-32670-0

1-4985-2523-7

0-7391-7887-3

OCLC:

865156794