Sha Yao

Cultural Expression and Subjectivity of Chinese Peasants

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume investigates how Chinese peasants express their culture and adapt to social change. The author's research consists of participant observation and interviews of shadow puppetry artists in Guanzhong, China, illustrating how peasant artists have adapted to the historical and social changes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781032038933
• ISBN-10: 1032038934
• Artikelnr.: 62222837

Autorenporträt

Sha Yao is an associate professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and an associate research fellow at the Institute of Journalism and Communication, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China. He focuses his research on rural communication, communication ethnography, the political economy of communication, and so on.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. 2. Overview of Fieldwork. 3. 1956: Rediscovery of Peasant
Culture. 4. 1963: Socialist Expression of Peasant Culture. 5. 1984: The
Disintegration of the Production Team and the Decline of Rural Culture. 6.
2006: Illusionary Prosperity of Peasant Culture in the Discourse of
Intangible Cultural Heritage. 7. Communication: Rediscovering the
Countryside. Conclusion: A Sick Oyster Bears Pearls: An Unfinished Story.