Cultural Studies of Mass Culture: A Perspective of Cultural and Economic Interactive Development

Author: Zhu Xiaomei
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: Mass culture is a historical category that fully reflects the interactive development relationship between culture and the economy. The trajectory of contemporary Chinese mass culture shifting from the periphery to the center is largely parallel to the development path of the socialist market economy in China. This development process is not linear but rather a series of ups and downs, with both gains and setbacks. This book provides a comprehensive evaluation of the phenomenon of cultural functions shifting from pan-politicization to economicization from the perspectives of culture, economy, and politics; it also offers some analysis of trends such as cultural globalization. The history of the development of contemporary Chinese mass culture demonstrates that the ideal goal of coordinated development between the two civilizations is often disrupted by the reality of unbalanced development between culture and the economy. Therefore, the book proposes the theory of limited equilibrium in the interactive development of culture and the economy, bridging the gap between ideal and reality to enhance the awareness of cultural construction aligning with the coordinated development of the two civilizations. The target readers of this book include mass culture researchers, practitioners in the film and television industry, newspapers and periodicals, teachers and students in the field of news communication.