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Author:

Ai, Janette, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014040058

Title:

Politics and traditional culture : the political use of traditions in contemporary China / by Janette Ai (The University of Melbourne, Australia).

Publisher:

World Scientific,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

China--Cultural policy.
Politics and culture--China--History--20th century.
China--Social life and customs.
China--Politics and government--1912-1949.
China--Politics and government--1949-
Communism--China--History--20th century.
Confucianism--China--History--20th century.
Social change--China--History--20th century.
Politik.
Kultur.
China.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Part I. Frameworks and theories -- China's traditions and Chinese modernity : the political use of China's traditions -- Part II. A history of the political use of China's traditions -- The Confucians' and the early Marxists' use of China's traditions from 1911 to 1978 -- The official Marxists' use of China's traditions since 1978 -- Part III. Three case studies -- Official Marxists, liberalists and neo-traditionalists : the children's reading-of-the-classics movement -- Official Marxists vs. neo-traditionalists : the story of a cultural symbolic city and the vanishing statue of Confucius -- Official Marxists' use of China's traditions : the revision of the official list of public holidays.

ISBN:

9814596752
9789814596756

OCLC:

(OCoLC)883304666

LCCN:

2014011415

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)