Popular Chinese Literature and Performing Arts in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1979 / edited by Bonnie S. McDougall ; contributors, Paul Clark [and twelve others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDougall, Bonnie S., Author.

Contributor:

McDougall, Bonnie S., 1941- editor.

Clark, Paul, 1949- contributor.

Series:

Studies on China ; Volume 2.

Studies on China Series ; Volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts, Chinese--20th century.

Arts, Chinese.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1984]

Summary:

The essays in this volume constitute an exceptionally broad and inclusive account of Chinese literature and performing arts since 1949. Extending beyond fiction to poetry and drama, and covering song, opera, and film as well, these essays reveal a more lively and varied cultural life than that disclosed by studies confined to fiction and literary politics. Rather than stopping at the assumption that art reflects Party or government policy, the essays uncover the traditional roots of popular literature and performing art by employing literary and artistic methods of analysis. While often lacking in appeal to Western audiences, these popular arts nonetheless have their own artistic validity and convey complex meanings to broadly based Chinese audiences. The materials and analyses presented here have social as well as cultural relevance. Variety and change rather than monolithic uniformity have characterized post-1949 cultural bureaucracies, writers, performers, and audiences. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Note on Romanization

Part I. The Ground Prepared, 1937-1949

1. Folk Art as Propaganda: The Yangge Movement in Yan'an / David Holm

2. Shanghai's "Orphan Island" and the Development of Modern Drama / Edward Gunn

3. Critical Ground: The Transformation of the May Fourth Era / T. D. Huters

Part II. The Push to Popularize, 1949-1979

4. The Genie and the Lamp: Revolutionary / Xiangsheng Perry Link

5. Geming Gequ: Songs for the Education of the Masses / Isabel K. F. Wong

6. Model Opera as Model: From Shajiabang to Sagabong / Bell Yung

7. From Romantic Love to Class Struggle: Reflections on the Film / Liu Sanjie Wai-fong Loh

8. The Film Industry in the 1970s / Paul Clark

9. Making the Past Serve the Present in Fiction and Drama: From the Yan'an Forum to the Cultural Revolution / Robert E. Hegel

10. A Notable Sermon: The Subtext of Hao Ran's Fiction / Michael Egan

11. Contemporary Chinese Poetry and Its Search for an Ideal Form / Kai-yu Hsu

Part III. Three Decades in Historical Perspective

12. Writers and Performers, Their Works, and Their Audiences in the First Three Decades / Bonnie S. McDougall

Contributors

Glossary

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: McDougall, Bonnie S. Popular Chinese Literature and Performing Arts in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1979

ISBN:

9780520378360

OCLC:

1441725571