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[Commlist] New Book: Red Creative: Culture and Modernity in China

Thu Dec 17 15:51:28 GMT 2020





Intellect is pleased to announce that */Red Creative: Culture and Modernity in China <https://www.intellectbooks.com/red-creative>/*, by Justin O'Connor and Xin Gu, is now available in ebook, paperback and hardback.

/Red Creative/ brings together multiple strands of debate around the cultural creative industries and contemporary capitalism, China’s position in global capitalism, the future of modernity and new ways of thinking about culture and cultural policy.  Clearly written and engaging, it is the first study to provide a critical lens on creative industries discourse and to bring it together with detailed historical and social analysis.

It analyses the ongoing development of China’s cultural industries, examining the institutions, regulations, interests and markets that underpin the Chinese cultural economy and the strategic position of Shanghai within that economy. Explores cultural policy reforms in post-colonial China and articulates Shanghai’s significance in paving China’s path to modernity and entry to global capitalism. In-depth and illuminating, this book situates China’s contemporary cultural economy in its larger global and historical context, revealing the limits of Western thought in understanding Chinese history, culture and society.

This book is aimed at a broad, educated audience who seek to engage more with what is happening in China, especially in the cultural field. It tries to take such an audience outside the standard frame of Western modernity, suggesting the possibility of different historical trajectories and possibilities. Because the book is theoretical and empirical in its approach, it will be of strong interest to both those interested in Chinese cultural policy and the creative industries approach generally.
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*_Table of Contents
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*Acknowledgements*
*Introduction:* Unknown Knowns

*Chapter 1:* The Creative Industries and the China Challenge

*Chapter 2:* Culture, Modernity and the Nation-State

*Chapter 3:* Shanghai: Cultural Industries and Modernity

*Chapter 4:* Post-Reform China and Neo-liberalism

*Chapter 5: *China as a Civilizational State

*Chapter 6:* Shanghai: Creative City

*Chapter 7:* Reforming the Culture System

*Chapter 8:* Creative Subjects

*Epilogue*
*Index*


Please visit our website for more information:
www.intellectbooks.com/red-creative
<http://www.intellectbooks.com/red-creative>


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