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dc.contributor.advisorGreene, Megan
dc.contributor.authorSnowden, Lisa Renee
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-07T21:43:14Z
dc.date.available2009-08-07T21:43:14Z
dc.date.issued2009-04-24
dc.date.submitted2009
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10278
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/5383
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines three ways in which the popular culture of post Mao China parallels that of Republican China. The first parallel, concerning the context for the emergence and development of urban pop culture in each era, is established through an examination of the common sociopolitical conditions apparent during each that made China ripe for pop culture development: a shift in the locus of moral authority and social control; technological advances; rapid economic growth; and foreign influences. The second parallel is substantiated through specific examples of similar messages about individualism and cosmopolitanism from both eras. The third parallel is evidenced through examples of similar identity types that are celebrated in the urban pop culture of both eras. Examples utilized come from literature, music, film, popular media, etc. and represent such culture makers as Lu Xun, Wang Shuo, Cui Jian, Chen Duxiu, Ding Ling, and Yu Dafu, to name a few.
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dc.language.isoEN
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
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dc.subjectAsia--History
dc.subjectAustralia--History
dc.subjectOceania--History
dc.subjectAsian literature
dc.subjectCultural anthropology
dc.subjectChina
dc.subjectCosmopolitanism
dc.subjectIndividualism
dc.subjectPopular culture
dc.subjectPost Mao
dc.subjectRepublican
dc.titleChinese Deja Vu: Parallels Between The Urban Popular Cultures Of Republican and Post Mao China
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberMcMahon, Keith
dc.contributor.cmtememberKennedy, John
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineEast Asian Languages & Cultures
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.A.
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kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
kusw.bibid6857544
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