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9780813309248

Unofficial China

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  • ISBN13:

    9780813309248

  • ISBN10:

    0813309247

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1990-01-01
  • Publisher: Westview Pr
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Author Biography

Perry Link is professor of Chinese language and literature at Princeton University. In 1988-89 he served as Beijing director of a subcommittee of the National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of many books, including Evening Chats in Beijing: Probing China's Predicament(Norton).

Table of Contents

About the Bookp. iii
Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
LIterature, the Cinema, and Authorityp. 15
Hand-Copied Entertainment Fiction from the Cultural Revolutionp. 17
Bibliography of Hand-Copied Volumesp. 36
Popular Cinema and Political Thought in Post-Mao China Reflections on Official Pronouncements, Film, and the Film Audiencep. 37
Marriage and the Familyp. 55
"How Come You Aren'T Divorced Yet?"p. 57
Love and Marriage in North Chinese Peasant Operasp. 72
My Mother's Housep. 88
Religion, Ethnicity, and Proprietyp. 101
The Catholic Church in China Cultural Contradictions, Institutional Survival, and Religious Renewalp. 103
Recycling Rituals: Politics and Popular Culture in Contemporary Rural Chinap. 134
Pride and Prejudice: Subei People in Contemporary Shanghaip. 153
The Persistence of Propriety in the 1980sp. 156
Social Currentsp. 173
Guerrilla Interviewing Among the Getihup. 175
Value Change Among Post-Mao Youth: The Evidence from Survey Datap. 193
Notesp. 213
Chronologyp. 217
Suggested Readingp. 223
About the Editors and Contributorsp. 225
Indexp. 227
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