Globalization and Cultural Trends in China (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780824827595)

In this timely work, Liu Kang argues that globalization in China is both a historical condition in which the country's gaige kaifang (reform and opening up) has unfolded and a set of values or ideologies by which it and the rest of the globe are judged. Moreover, globalization signals a significant ascendancy of culture. Liu examines China's current ideological struggles in political discourse, intellectual debate, popular culture, avant-garde literature, the news media, and the internet. With careful textual analysis and observation informed by critical theories and cultural studies, he offers a forceful critique of the Chinese version of globalism that privileges economic development at the expense of social justice and equality.

Author: Kang Liu
ISBN-10: 0824827597
ISBN-13: 9780824827595
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Language: English
Published: 12/31/2003
Pages: 222
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.14w x 0.60d