Staging Corruption: Chinese Television and Politics
(Part of the Contemporary Chinese Studies (UBC Press) Series)
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In late 1995, the drama Heaven Above (Cangtian zaishang) debuted on Chinese TV. Featuring a villainous high-ranking government official, it was the first in a series of wildly popular corruption dramas that riveted the nation. In Staging Corruption, Ruoyun Bai looks at the rise, fall, and reincarnation of these dramas and the ways in which they express the collective dreams and nightmares of China in the market-reform era. She also considers how these dramas - as products of the interplay between television stations, production companies, media regulation, and political censorship - unveil complicated relationships between power, media, and society. Her book will be essential reading for those following China's ongoing struggles with the highly volatile issue of political and social nepotism.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0774826320
ISBN13:9780774826327
Release Date:February 2015
Publisher:University of British Columbia Press
Length:292 Pages
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