A Small Town Called Hibiscus

A Small Town Called Hibiscus
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Publisher : China Books
Total Pages : 266
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ISBN-10 : 0835110745
ISBN-13 : 9780835110747
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis A Small Town Called Hibiscus by : Hua Gu

A Small Town Called Hibiscus is one of the best Chinese novels to have appeared in 1981. Its author Gu Hua was brought up in the Wuling Mountains of south Hunan. He presents the ups and downs of some families in a small mountain town there during the hard years in the early sixties, the ôcultural revolution,ö and after the downfall of the ôgang of four.ö He shows the horrifying impact on decent, hard-working people of the gangÆs ultra-Left line, and retains a sense of humor in describing the most harrowing incidents. In the end wrongs are righted, and readers are left with a deepened understanding of this abnormal period in Chinese history and the sterling qualities of the Chinese people.

The Literature of China in the Twentieth Century

The Literature of China in the Twentieth Century
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 516
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ISBN-10 : 0231110855
ISBN-13 : 9780231110853
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis The Literature of China in the Twentieth Century by : Bonnie S. McDougall

A historical survey of 20th-century Chinese literature, this book chronicles the writers who - continuing in the Chinese tradition of using literature to exert moral, social, and political leadership - debated the nature, development and future of Chinese society.

From Heaven to Earth

From Heaven to Earth
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9781134853342
ISBN-13 : 1134853343
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis From Heaven to Earth by : Elizabeth Croll

Much has been written of China's peasant revolution, less has been written on the peasant experience of reform. In From Heaven to Earth Elisabeth Croll examines the images, policies and experiences of development and links the peasants' experience of revolution and reform with their conceptualisations of time and change and examines the new and recent desires which motivate peasant households in China; the new and strenuous demands which are generated by current reforms which allocate new responsibilities to the peasant family; and family strategies evolved by peasant housholds to maximise their resources within the context of reformed rural development. From Heaven to Earth will be of great interest to students, lecturers and professionals in development studies, anthropology, sociology and Chinese Studies.

From Heaven to Earth

From Heaven to Earth
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Publisher : Psychology Press
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 9780415097468
ISBN-13 : 0415097460
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis From Heaven to Earth by : Elisabeth Croll

From Heaven to Earth combines information on events, processes and structures into a comprehensive introduction to the study of reform in rural China. It provides an invaluable complement to contemporary studies of China by economists and political scientists. Elisabeth Croll draws on her extensive research and frequent visits to China, and on her first-hand studies of villages in many different regions, to look behind the simplistic notion of 'reform' as merely a 'return to capitalism'. Taking a distinctively anthropological approach to the subject, she discusses the age-old peasant dreams of sons and land, and how they have been shaped and reshaped to affect the way in which Chinese peasants, men and women, think about time and change. More practically, the study focuses on rural development, emphasising that the peasant household lies at the heart of recent rural reforms, making for new relations between state and village, a new family form, modified gender relations and single or two-child families.

The Changing Face of China

The Changing Face of China
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 9780191622373
ISBN-13 : 0191622370
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis The Changing Face of China by : John Gittings

Where is China heading in the 21st century? Can its Communist Party survive or is it being challenged by growing inequality and unrest? Will the US and China cooperate or compete in a dangerous future? Will China's economic boom be brought to a halt by environmental catastrophe? In this highly readable account, John Gittings provides the essential information to help answer these vital questions for the world. In the 60 years since Mao Zedong took the road to victory, China has undergone not one but two revolutions. The first swept away the old corrupt society and sought to build a 'spotless' new socialism behind closed doors; the second since Mao's death has focused on an economic agenda which accepts the goals of global capitalism. From Mao to the global market, Gittings charts this complex but epic tale and concludes with some hard questions for the future.

China into Film

China into Film
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Publisher : Reaktion Books
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 9781861898401
ISBN-13 : 1861898401
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis China into Film by : Jerome Silbergeld

Since 1984, Chinese cinema has been the most dramatic entry onto the international film scene. China into Film is the first book to look at contemporary Chinese cinema as a visual art and to illustrate the ways in which it has been shaped by centuries of Chinese tradition. Jerome Silbergeld looks at the significance of gender roles, the strategies of film-makers in coping with state censorship, the translation of novels into films, the continuing attachment of film-makers to melodrama, and cinematic critiques of Maoism and post-Maoist culture. Abundantly illustrated with Chinese paintings as well as scenes from such internationally acclaimed films as Yellow Earth, Red Sorghum, Raise the Red Lantern and Farewell My Concubine, China into Film reveals a cinematic form at once excitingly new and deeply imbedded in traditional Chinese visual culture.

Chinese Village, Socialist State

Chinese Village, Socialist State
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 386
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ISBN-10 : 0300054289
ISBN-13 : 9780300054286
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Chinese Village, Socialist State by : Edward Friedman

This portrait of social change in the North China plain depicts how the world of the Chinese peasant evolved during an era of war and how it in turn shaped the revolutionary process. The book is based on evidence gathered from archives and interviews with villagers and rural officials.

Speaking in Images

Speaking in Images
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 592
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ISBN-10 : 0231133308
ISBN-13 : 9780231133302
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Speaking in Images by : Michael Berry

Interviews with Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and other Chinese directors about their work & the ways it has impacted both on the film industry in China as well as on the world scene.

People's Republic of China, Volumes I and II

People's Republic of China, Volumes I and II
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 1040
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ISBN-10 : 9781351761673
ISBN-13 : 1351761676
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis People's Republic of China, Volumes I and II by : Frank N. Pieke

This title was first published in 2002. This two volume set collects in a conveniently accessible form the most influential articles by leading authorities in the study of China. It provides an international reference work, combined with an authoritative introduction by the editor.

Appetites

Appetites
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Publisher : Duke University Press
Total Pages : 362
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ISBN-10 : 0822329212
ISBN-13 : 9780822329213
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Appetites by : Judith Farquhar

DIVAn experimental ethnography of food, sex, and health in post-socialist China/div