The Party and the Arty in China: The New Politics of Culture (State & Society in East Asia)
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (581 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0742527204 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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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. Cogent, witty, and deeply informed, this comprehensive overview of the Chinese arts scene will be an essential text for all observers of contemporary China.. 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. 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. The author uses all genres of art to explore the changing nature of politics, seen thr
Richard Curt Kraus is director of the Robert D. . Clark Honors College and professor of political science at the University of Oregon
"who let that title through editing?" according to suburban dissident. Despite having one of the corniest names of any academic book i have ever read, Kraus work on the development of art in post-Mao China is an insightful and informative read. Kraus's main object of study is the nexus of society, politics and art, looking at how political change over the last few decades have led to social cha
(The China Journal) . One especially attractive feature is its coverage of the visual and perfrming arts as well as fiction and poetry. (James Gao, University of Maryland China Review International, (Spring 2005))Readers of Richard Kraus's previous two books, Pianos and Politics in China: Middle Class Ambitions and the Struggle over Western Music (1989) and Brushes with Power: Modern Politics and the Chinese Art of Calligraphy (1991), know that he is one of the few Western scholars able to comment knowledgeably on the interaction