Creative Industries in China: Art, Design and Media

By Michael Keane

Book Overview

Creative industries in China provides a fresh account ofChina's emerging commercial cultural sector. The author showshow developments in Chinese art, design and media industries arereflected in policy, in market activity, and grassrootsparticipation.

Never has the attraction of being a media producer, an artist, or adesigner in China been so enticing. National and regionalgovernments offer financial incentives; consumption of culturalgoods and services have increased; creative workers from Europe, North America and Asia are moving to Chinese cities; culture isincreasingly positioned as a pillar industry.

But what does this mean for our understanding of Chinese society?Can culture be industrialised following the low-cost model ofChina's manufacturing economy. Is the national governmentreally committed to social liberalisation?

This engaging book is a valuable resource for students and scholarsinterested in social change in China. It draws on leading Chinesescholarship together with insights from global media studies, economic geography and cultural studies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745661009
• ISBN13: 9780745661001
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 192 Pages