Unofficial China: Popular Culture And Thought In The People's Republic

by Perry Link, Richard P Madsen, Paul G. Pickowicz

This book presents a view of social life in China and discusses different methods for studying contemporary China as a tool for introducing students to the study of popular culture. Through a diverse set of case studies, it introduces readers to a wide range of issues facing Chinese society.

Table of contents :
1 Introduction
PART ONE LITERATURE, THE CINEMA, AND AUTHORITY
2 Hand-Copied Entertainment Fiction from the Cultural Revolution
3 Popular Cinema and Political Thought in Post-Mao China: Reflections on Official Pronouncements, Film, and the Film Audience
PART TWO MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
4 "How Come You Aren't Divorced Yet?"
5 Love and Marriage in North Chinese Peasant Operas
6 My Mother's House
PART THREE RELIGION, ETHNICITY, AND PROPRIETY
7 The Catholic Church in China: Cultural Contradictions, Institutional Survival, and Religious Renewal
8 Recycling Rituals: Politics and Popular Culture in Contemporary Rural China
9 Pride and Prejudice: Subei People in Contemporary Shanghai
10 The Persistence of Propriety in the 1980s
PART FOUR SOCIAL CURRENTS
11 Guerrilla Interviewing Among the Getihu
12 Value Change Among Post-Mao Youth: The Evidence from Survey Data

Genres: China

238 pages, Paperback

First published January 10, 1990