| A New Thoughtfulness in Contemporary China: Critical Voices in Art and Aesthetics Contributor(s): Huber, Jörg (Editor), Chuan, Zhao (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3837616657 ISBN-13: 9783837616651 Publisher: Transcript Publishing OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Asian - General - Political Science | Colonialism & Post-colonialism - Art | Criticism & Theory |
| Dewey: 700.951 |
| LCCN: 2011447170 |
| Series: Image |
| Physical Information: 232 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Huber, Joerg: - Joerg Huber is a professor of cultural theory and aesthetics at the ZUrich University of the Arts and head of the Institute for Critical Theory. |