Beschrijving
This book examines the role of television in contemporary China, focusing on the political, economic and cultural forces shaping the transformation of Chinese primetime TV dramas, in particular the dynasty dramas which have enjoyed increasing popularity since the late 1990s.
This book explores the political, economic, and cultural forces, locally and globally that have shaped the evolution of Chinese primetime television dramas, and the way that these dramas in turn have actively engaged in the major intellectual and policy debates concerning the path, steps, and speed of China’s economic and political modernization during the post-Deng Xiaoping era. It intertwines the evolution of Chinese television drama particularly with the ascendance of the Chinese New Left that favors a recentralization of state authority and an alternative path towards China’s modernization and China’s current administration’s call for building a \
