Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Community of Fun 24
7. Officialdom Unmasked 54
8. Imagining the Nation 85
9. Confronting the “New” 112
10. Questioning the Appropriators 136
11. The Market, Populism, and Aesthetics 156
12. Conclusion 178
13. Notes 186
14. Glossary of Chinese Terms and Names 209
15. Bibliography 218
16. Index 226
17. Contemporary Chinese Studies 233