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- catalog abstract "In this original exploration of the dynamic and potent interface between Chinese culture and politics, Richard Kraus examines the impact of the market on the once-comprehensive system of state patronage of the arts in the PRC. The author uses all genres of art to explore the changing nature of politics, seen through such phenomena as ideology, propaganda, censorship, and the relationship of artists to the state. Kraus makes three provocative arguments: First, the commercialization of China's cultural life has been intellectually liberating, but also poses serious economic challenges that artists are sometimes slow to master. Second, despite conventional wisdom in the West that China's economic reforms have not been followed by serious political reform, he shows that the shift from state patronage to a mixed system of private and public sponsorship is in fact a fundamental political change. Third, Western recognition of the reformation in China's cultural life has been obscured by a combination of ignorance, ideological barriers, and foreign policy rivalry. Cogent, witty, and deeply informed, this comprehensive overview of the Chinese arts scene will be an essential text for all observers of contemporary China.".
- catalog contributor b13232129.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description "Cultural reform as an afterthought -- The waning authority of the Chinese state as patron of the arts -- Normalizing nudity -- The Chinese censorship game : new rules for the prevention of art -- Artists as professionals -- The price of beauty -- The hands that feed them.".
- catalog description "In this original exploration of the dynamic and potent interface between Chinese culture and politics, Richard Kraus examines the impact of the market on the once-comprehensive system of state patronage of the arts in the PRC. The author uses all genres of art to explore the changing nature of politics, seen through such phenomena as ideology, propaganda, censorship, and the relationship of artists to the state. Kraus makes three provocative arguments: First, the commercialization of China's cultural life has been intellectually liberating, but also poses serious economic challenges that artists are sometimes slow to master. Second, despite conventional wisdom in the West that China's economic reforms have not been followed by serious political reform, he shows that the shift from state patronage to a mixed system of private and public sponsorship is in fact a fundamental political change. Third, Western recognition of the reformation in China's cultural life has been obscured by a combination of ignorance, ideological barriers, and foreign policy rivalry. Cogent, witty, and deeply informed, this comprehensive overview of the Chinese arts scene will be an essential text for all observers of contemporary China.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 249 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Party and the arty in China.".
- catalog identifier "0742527190 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0742527204 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Party and the arty in China.".
- catalog isPartOf "State and society in East Asia".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,".
- catalog relation "Party and the arty in China.".
- catalog spatial "China.".
- catalog subject "700/.1/030951 22".
- catalog subject "Art and state China.".
- catalog subject "N8846.C6 K73 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "Cultural reform as an afterthought -- The waning authority of the Chinese state as patron of the arts -- Normalizing nudity -- The Chinese censorship game : new rules for the prevention of art -- Artists as professionals -- The price of beauty -- The hands that feed them.".
- catalog title "The party and the arty in China : the new politics of culture / Richard Curt Kraus.".
- catalog type "text".