Globalization and Cultural Trends in China

Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1(22) CHAPTER 1 Is There an Alternative to (Capitalist) Globalization? The Debate about Modernity, Postmodernity, and Postcoloniality 23(23) CHAPTER 2 What Is "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics"? Issues of Culture, Politics, and Ideology 46(32) CHAPTER 3 The Rise of Commercial Popular Culture and the Legacy of the Revolutionary Culture of the Masses 78(24) CHAPTER 4 The Short-Lived Avant-Garde Literary Movement and Its Transformation: The Case of Yu Hua 102(25) CHAPTER 5 The Internet in China: Emergent Cultural Formations and Contradictions 127(36) Notes 163(22) Bibliography 185(18) Index 203