Further Details

Title: Staging Corruption
Condition: New
Subtitle: Chinese Television and Politics
Author: Ruoyun Bai
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0774826320
EAN: 9780774826327
ISBN: 9780774826327
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Genre: Films & TV
Topic: Law & Politics
Release Date: 15/02/2015
Description: In late 1995, the drama Heaven Above (Cangtian zaishang) debuted on Chinese TV. Featuring a villainous high-ranking government official, it was the first in a series of wildly popular corruption dramas that riveted the nation. In Staging Corruption, Ruoyun Bai looks at the rise, fall, and reincarnation of these dramas and the ways in which they express the collective dreams and nightmares of China in the market-reform era. She also considers how these dramas – as products of the interplay between television stations, production companies, media regulation, and political censorship – unveil complicated relationships between power, media, and society. Her book will be essential reading for those following China's ongoing struggles with the highly volatile issue of political and social nepotism.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: CA
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 152mm
Item Weight: 440g
Book Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies
Release Year: 2015

Missing Information?

Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.