Cultural History of Contemporary China : : Selected Essays.

• Superior document: Historical Studies of Contemporary China Series ; v.4
• Author: DeMare, Brian.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Historical Studies of Contemporary China Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (196 pages)

This book offers translations of important Chinese language scholarship on the cultural history of the People's Republic of China.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Part 1 Printing and Reading -- 1 The Establishment of Beijing's Publishing System -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1 The People's Government Takes over Publishers in Beijing -- 2 The Establishment and Development of the Contemporary Publishing System in Beijing -- 3 The Beginning of a New Era of Reading for Contemporary Chinese People -- 2 The Transformation of the Comic Strip Industry in Beijing -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1 Beijing's Comic Strip Industry at the Beginning of the PRC -- 2 Measures Taken by the Municipal Government to Transform the Comic Strip Industry -- 2.1 The Publication and Promotion of New Comic Strips -- 2.2 The Examination and Management of the Old Comic Strips -- 2.3 The Organization and Transformation of the Old Stalls -- 3 Key Features of the Comic Strip Industry Overhaul in Beijing -- 3.1 Prioritization and Cooperation -- 3.2 Steady Steps and Particular Emphasis -- 3.3 Unification and Common Interest -- 4 Transformation of Beijing's Comic Strip Industry in the Early Years of the PRC: Understanding and Reflections -- 3 Salvaging Privately-Owned Old and Antique Books between 1949 and 1965 -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1 Save the Book Collections in Old Libraries and Academies -- 1.1 Save the Libraries -- 1.2 Taking over and Purchasing Collections of Old and Antique Books at Private Libraries and Academies -- 2 Preventing the Destruction of Books -- 2.1 Severe Damages to Antique Books -- 2.2 A Series of Policies and Decrees Carried out by the Central Government on Preserving Cultural Relics and Old and Antique Books -- 2.3 Measures for Preventing Book Damage -- 3 Searching for and Collecting Books -- 4 Reflection on Rescuing Old and Antique Books -- 4 Reorganization and Transformation: Dagong Bao in the 1950s and 1960s -- Abstract -- Keywords.

1 The Standpoint of Dagong Bao before the Founding of the PRC -- 2 Dagong Bao in the Chinese Mainland during the Early Years of the PRC -- 3 Turning Point: the Chance to Become the Official Newspaper of China's Financial and Economic Authorities -- 4 Becoming an Official Newspaper -- Part 2 Education, Rural and Urban -- 5 Literacy Education in Shanghai, 1949-1952 -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1 -- 2 -- 2.1 Widespread Publicity of Literacy Education -- 2.2 Tapping into Non-governmental Resources to Advance the Literacy Education Campaign -- 2.3 Highly Organized Literacy Education -- 3 -- 6 Literacy Campaign in Rural Shanxi in the Early Years of the PRC -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1 An Overview of the Literacy Campaign in Shanxi -- 2 Organization and Implementation -- 2.1 Organizing, Publicizing and Mobilizing -- 2.2 Learning Models -- 2.2.1 Group Learning -- 2.2.2 Dispersed Learning -- 2.3 Instructors, Funding and Textbooks -- 2.4 Course Content -- 2.4.1 Reading and Writing -- 2.4.2 Politics -- 2.4.3 Technology -- 2.5 Evaluation and Commendation -- 3 Achievements and Problems -- 7 A Study of Rural Primary Education in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province in the Early Years of the PRC -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1 Transformation and Continuation: 1949 -- 2 Emerging Problems: School Development and Dropouts -- 3 New Progress: Better Pay for Teachers -- 4 New Characteristic: Evolution of School-Community Relationship -- Part 3 Reinventing the Old -- 8 Transformation of Old Nianhua in the Early Years of the PRC -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1 The Popularity and Significance of Old Nianhua -- 2 Transformation of Old Nianhua -- 3 Measures for Transformation of Old Nianhua -- 3.1 Production of New Nianhua -- 3.2 Ideological Remolding of Folk Artists and Painters -- 3.3 Rectification and Regulation of the Publication and Distribution of New Nianhua.

4 Social Impact of the Transformation of Old Nianhua -- 9 Two Mass Poetry Campaigns in the History of the PRC -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1 Great-Leap-Forward Ballads Campaign -- 1.1 Early Stage -- 1.2 Mao Zedong's Support and Advocacy -- 1.3 Promotion Efforts of Governments at All Levels -- 1.4 Appraisal of the Great-Leap-Forward Ballad Movement -- 2 Tian'anmen Poem Campaign -- 2.1 Emergence -- 2.2 Features and Significance of Tian'anmen Poems -- 3 Lessons from the Two Mass Poetry Campaigns -- 3.1 "The People, and the People Alone, Are the Driving Force of History" -- 3.2 Mass Culture Has a Profound Impact on the Development and Flourishing of Socialist Culture -- 10 Yangbanxi: Their Emergence and Creative Formula -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1 -- 2 -- 11 Rural Temple Fairs in Western China in the 1980s and 1990s: a Case Study of Northern Shaanxi -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1 Revival of Temple Fairs -- 2 New Characteristics of Temple Fairs -- 2.1 Cultural Communities of Neighborhoods Were Formed around Temple Fairs -- 2.2 The Purpose of Temple Fairs Changed from Worshipping Gods to Expressing Social Needs -- 2.3 Temple Fairs Played an Important Role in Maintaining the Order in Rural Areas -- 2.4 Temple Fairs Started to Play a Role in Community Public Affairs -- 2.5 Interaction Increased between Non-governmental Temple Fairs and Local Governments -- 3 Summary -- Index.