Consuming literature : best sellers and the commercialization of literary production in contemporary China /

Shuyu Kong examines the changes taking place in literary writing & publishing in contemporary China under the influence of the emerging market economy. The author focuses on the revival of literary best sellers in the Chinese book market & the establishment of a best-seller production machin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kong, Shuyu
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Publishers and publishing > China.
Booksellers and bookselling > China.
Édition > Chine.
Librairie > Chine.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Publishing.
Booksellers and bookselling
Publishers and publishing
Kommerzialisierung
Literaturproduktion
Literatur
China
Chinesisch.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Breaking Away: Writers as Cultural Entrepreneurs
  • Publishing Houses: Creating a Best Seller Machine
  • "Second Channel": Book Dealers, Agents, and Studios
  • The Economics of Privacy: Publishing Women's Writing
  • Translating Foreign Literature: From Elitism to Populism
  • Literary Journals: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
  • Conclusion: Literature in a Multimedia Millennium.

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