Visual Culture in Contemporary China Paradigms and Shifts Tang Paperback

Visual Culture in Contemporary China\nby Xiaobing Tang\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Xiaobing Tang\nTitle: Visual Culture in Contemporary China\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Social and cultural history\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nPublication year: 2015\nISBN-13: 9781107446373\nISBN-10: 1107446376\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nExploring a wealth of images ranging from woodblock prints to oil paintings, this beautifully illustrated full-color study takes up key elements of the visual culture produced in the People''s Republic of China from its founding in 1949 to the present day. In a challenge to prevailing perceptions, Xiaobing Tang argues that contemporary Chinese visual culture is too complex to be understood in terms of a simple binary of government.