Title Understanding Canton : rethinking popular culture in the republican period / Virgil K.Y. Ho

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 510 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations Series Studies on contemporary China Studies on contemporary China (Oxford, England) Contents 1. City versus countryside : the growth of an urban identity and its meanings in Canton -- 2. The limits of hatred : popular attitudes towards the West in Republican Canton -- 3. The 'problem' of opium smoking in Canton -- 4. Gambling in Canton : myth and reality of a calamity -- 5. The worlds of prostitution in the early republic -- 6. Cantonese opera as a mirror of society Summary This book broadens our understanding of the culture and society of Canton, the largest metropolis in South China, in the period between the two World Wars Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Popular culture -- China -- Guangzhou -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Civilization. Manners and customs. Popular culture. Volkskultur Sozialer Wandel Glücksspiel Prostitution Yueju Guangdong SUBJECT Guangzhou (China) -- Civilization -- 20th century Guangzhou (China) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century Subject China -- Guangzhou. Guangdong Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book Author Oxford University Press ISBN 9781435623910 1435623916 9780191603037 0191603031 0191536091 9780191536090 9786611198572 6611198571 1281198579 9781281198570

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