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A New Thoughtfulness in Contemporary China: Critical Voices in Art and Aesthetics

By Jörg Huber , Zhao Chuan

Book information

Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Year
2011
ISBN
3837616657, 9783837616651
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3905213 bytes)
Edition
Paperback
Pages
232\233
Topic
Art
Time added
2019-12-05 07:03:05

Description

Globalization euphoria and enthusiasm for the West are on the decline in contemporary China. Critical voices make themselves heard in artistic and cultural circles, turning towards their personal everyday lives to take stock. Their questions revolve around concrete experiences in the radical upheaval of lifeworlds, the continued significance of traditions after many of them have been thoroughly uprooted, and the paradoxes produced by the predominance of neo-liberalism. The 17 positions assembled in this volume provide a vivid illustration of such a "new thoughtfulness" in a wide variety of aspects ranging from aesthetics and art to theatre and photography.

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