Transforming Book Culture in China, 1600-2016: Introduction
Series
Kodex - Jahrbuch der Internationalen Buchwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft im Auftrag der Internationalen Buchwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft
ISBN
978-3-447-10728-0
Type
book section
Date Issued
2016
Author(s)
Abstract
This volume explores the transformation of China’s book culture, offering a roadmap to the world of books, literature and publishing in the country today It sheds new light on how modern and contemporary Chinese society has produced, re-invented and valorised the book in its various printed, hand-written and electronic forms Bringing together contributions from fourteen scholars from Greater China, Europe, the United States and Australia, this volume offers cutting-edge research on publishing, reading, collecting and selling books in China The time frame for the present volume extends from the late Ming 明 dynasty (1368–1644) to the Qing 清 dynasty (1644–1911), the Republican period (1911–1949), Mao’s China (1949–1976), Deng Xiaoping’s era of reforms (1979–present) and the postsocialist period up until China’s ongoing rise to superpower status The essays cut across the fields of literature, history, media studies and sociology
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SHSS - Kulturen, Institutionen, Maerkte (KIM)
Book title
Transforming Book Culture in China, 1600-2016
Publisher
Harrassowitz Verlag
Publisher place
Weisbaden
Volume
6
Start page
1
End page
15
Pages
15
Division(s)
Eprints ID
251729
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