1st Edition
Chinese Television and National Identity Construction The Cultural Politics of Music-Entertainment Programmes
By Lauren Gorfinkel
Copyright 2018
270 Pages
by
Routledge
270 Pages
by
Routledge
270 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines music entertainment programmes on China Central Television, China’s only national level television network, as well as on nationally-available provincial channels, exploring how such programmes project a nuanced image of China’s identity and position in the world. It shows how the images presented - primarily to domestic audiences - are in step with China’s party-state... Read more
1. Introduction: National Identity in the Chinese Context
2. Music-Entertainment Culture Under the Chinese Communist Party
3. Overview of Music-Entertainment Television in China
4. Multiethnic China
5. Greater China
6. Foreign Identities
7. Conclusion
Biography
Lauren Gorfinkel is a Lecturer in the Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University, Australia.
