224 pp. December 2003
paper, ISBN 978-0-8248-2759-5, $31.00
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Asia
China
sociology
literature
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Globalization and Cultural Trends in China
by Liu Kang
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.
Liu Kang teaches comparative literature, cultural studies, and Chinese at Duke University.
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