Patrick Murphy, Dingbo Wu

Gebundenes Buch

Handbook of Chinese Popular Culture

Beschreibung

Chinese popular culture is extremely diverse and richly complex. The 18 chapters in this reference provide the most current and comprehensive bibliographical and descriptive study of Chinese popular culture in English. The chapters, each devoted to a particular topic, are written by expert contributors who offer comprehensive surveys of research materials and discuss the most important points of critical interest. The opening chapters of the book discuss the complexity of the Chinese cultural tradition and the relationship between popular culture and Chinese civilization. The chapters that follow are devoted to particular topics that reflect key elements of Chinese popular culture, such as tea drinking, literature, and religion. The chapters generally discuss the history of the topic, review current research in the field, evaluate available reference sources and research collections, and present bibliographic information.

Autor

PATRICK D. MURPHY is Professor of English at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He specializes in contemporary poetry and critical theory. His book publications include, as coeditor, Essentials of the Theory of Fiction (1988), Science Fiction from China (Praeger, 1989), The Poetic Fantastic (Greenwood, 1989), and Critical Essays on American Modernism (1991), and editor, Critical Essays on Gary Snyder (1990). His articles have appeared in numerous journals, including Women's Studies, Science-Fiction Studies, American Studies, Mythlore, College English, Extrapolation, and Papers on Language and Literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 796g
• ISBN-13: 9780313278082
• ISBN-10: 0313278083
• Artikelnr.: 22273684