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Remaking Red Classics in Post-Mao China

Name: Remaking Red Classics in Post-Mao China
Brand: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
SKU: 9781786609250
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ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERSISBN: 9781786609250

TV Drama as Popular Media

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By Qian Gong
Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Release Date: May 14, 2021
Format: HARDBACK
Dimensions: 229 x 152 mm
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Pages: 176

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In the 1990s, China's economic reform campaign reached a new high. Amid the eager adoption of capitalism, however, the spectre of revolution re-emerged. Red Classics, a historic-revolutionary themed genre created in the high Socialist era were widely taken up again in television drama adaptations. They have since remained a permanent feature of TV repertoire well into the 2010s. Remaking Red Classics looks at the how the revolutionary experience is represented and consumed in the reform era. It examines the adaptation of Red Classics as a result of the dynamic interplay between television stations, media censorship and social sentiment of the populace. How the story of revolution was reinvented to appeal and entertain a new generation provides important clues to the understanding of transformation of class, gender and locality in contemporary China.

Qian Gong is a Lecturer at Curtin University and convenor of the Chinese major program, as well as publishing regularly on Chinese media and popular culture. She was a journalist for China's national newspaper China Daily before she joined academia.

Acknowledgements Introduction: Revolution and TV Drama: The Uneasy Bedfellows in the Reform Era Chapter 1: TV Dramas as Market Commodities, Cultural Artifacts and Social Practices Chapter 2: Hybridising the Red Classics in Post-Mao China: The Production and Consumption Context Chapter 3: From Chief to Chef: Remoulding Heroes Chapter 4: Getting the Right Mix: Revolutionary Women and Contemporary Femininity Chapter 5: Living Red: Production, Consumption and Local Memory of Revolutionary Culture in Linyi Chapter 6 The Question of Faith in TV Drama Series Conclusion Filmography Bibliography

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