Popular Chinese Literature and Performing Arts in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1979: Volume 2 - Paperback
by Bonnie S. McDougall (Author)
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 book will set new standards for work in the study of contemporary Chinese culture and should be of interest to all concerned either with China itself or with the relationship between politics and the arts.--Cyril Birch
Bonnie S. McDougall is Honorary Associate in the School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sydney.
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