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Summary
"Zha examines a wide range of developments largely unknown to Western readers: the careful planning of television soap operas to placate popular unrest after Tiananmen, the growth of the sex tabloid and pornography industries, the new generation of entrepreneurs successfully bringing to the mainland the consumer techniques of Hong Kong and the West, and the politics behind the censorship and commercial success of the film directors Chen Kaige...and Zhang Yimou...." -- from the back cover.
Title
China Pop: How Soap Operas, Tabloids, and Bestsellers Are Transforming a Culture
Author
Zha, Jianying
Publisher
New York Press
Date
1995
Object ID
2007.066.523