{ "item_title" : "In the Red", "item_author" : [" Geremie Barmé "], "item_description" : "China, Geremie R. Barmé notes, has become one of the greatest writing and publishing nations on the planet, and both cultural activists and the state are embroiled in debates about the production and distribution of its cultural products. But what happens when global culture and Chinese capitalist-socialism meet in the marketplace? In the Red investigates what goes on behind the rhetoric of the official Chinese government and the dissident community and provides a unique perspective on mainstream Western perceptions of cultural developments, artistic freedom, and popular lifestyles in China today.Illustrated with fascinating cartoons and photographs and rich with facts, anecdotes, and events, In the Red exposes the complex relationship between official culture (produced, supported, or sanctioned by the government) and nonofficial or countercultures (especially among urban youths and dissidents). Two key and contrasting events loom large in this narrative: the 1989 protests that ended with the June 4 massacre and a nationwide purge, and Deng Xiaoping´s 1992 tour of the south, in which he emphasized the need for radical economic reform. Although a level of political tolerance has evolved since the 1970s, Barmé sheds light on the significance of the intermittent denunciations of artists, ideas, and works. -Cultural reporting doesn´t come any hipper or more erudite. . . . Geremie Barmé has written a fearsomely well-informed, bracingly sardonic, and absolutely essential book. -J. Hoberman -author of The Red Atlantis: Communist Culture in the Absence of Communism -The virtuoso interpreter of contemporary Chinese culture, Barmé has skillfully and entertainingly traced the shifting battle lines between the Chinese authorities, who waiver between repression and co-optation, and China´s intellectuals and artists. . . . Barmé´s insightful analysis deserves the attention not just of connoisseurs of Chinese literature and arts but of all who have an interest in fathoming where China is headed. -Lucian W. Pye -Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology -A factual look at a cultural revolution that is happening without artist or government realizing it. -Joe Collins -Booklist -Barmé knows China well and has occasionally feuded with Chinese cultural icons. . . . Here, he surveys the cultural warfare since the reform era began in 1978 and emphasizes the way a rich counterculture has flowered despite the authorities´ deep misgivings and periodic purges. -Nicholas D. Kristof -New York Times Book Review", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/0/23/110/615/0231106157_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "50.00", "online_price" : "50.00", "our_price" : "50.00", "club_price" : "50.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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