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

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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