Understanding Canton: Rethinking Popular Culture in the Republican Period (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780199282715)

This book broadens our understanding of the culture and society of Canton, the largest metroplois in South China, in the period between the two World Wars. It redresses serious misconceptions of the extent of damage inflicted by gambling, prostitution and opium consumption on the Cantonese society and its people. There is abundant evidence that common Cantonese were more receptive to a pro-Western mentality, despite their reputation for being jingoistic and anti-foreign. Tracing the rise of Cantonese opera as a major form of mass entertainment, and the emergence among the citizens a strong sense of pride in being a part of the modern city, help us learn more about the transformation of social and cultural life in this city in the modern era.

Author: Virgil Ho
ISBN-10: 0199282714
ISBN-13: 9780199282715
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 02/16/2006
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.03lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.19d