Understanding Canton

Rethinking Popular Culture in the Republican Period

Gebonden Engels 2005 9780199282715
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This book broadens our understanding of the culture and society of Canton, the largest metroplois in South China, in the period between the two World Wars. It redresses serious misconceptions of the extent of damage inflicted by gambling, prostitution and opium consumption on the Cantonese society and its people. There is abundant evidence that common Cantonese were more receptive to a pro-Western mentality, despite their reputation for being jingoistic and anti-foreign. Tracing the rise of Cantonese opera as a major form of mass entertainment, and the emergence among the citizens a strong sense of pride in being a part of the modern city, help us learn more about the transformation of social and cultural life in this city in the modern era.

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ISBN13:9780199282715
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:528
Uitgever:OUP OXFORD
Thema:
1FPC China
3MPBG Interbellum ca. 1919 tot ca. 1939

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