Chinese Discourses on Happiness
Material type: TextPublication details: HK : Hong Kong University Press, (c)2019.Description: 1 online resource (245 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9789888455515
- 9888455516
- BF575 .C456 2019
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) | G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE | Non-fiction | BF575.27 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Link to resource | Available | on1097983263 |
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Happiness in Chinese Socialist Discourse; 2. Tibet and Happiness in Chinese Media Discourses; 3. Happiness "with a Chinese Taste"; 4. "As Long as My Daughter Is Happy"; 5. Smile Yourself Happy; 6. "Happy Housewives"; 7. Cultivating Capacity for Happiness as a Confucian Project in Contemporary China; 8. Talking of Happiness; 9. Chinese Happiness; 10. The Happiness of Unrealizable Dreams; Contributors; Index
Happiness is on China's agenda. From Xi Jinping's ""Chinese Dream"" to online chat forums, the conspicuous references to happiness are hard to miss. This groundbreaking volume analyzes how different social groups make use of the concept and shows how closely official discourses on happiness are intertwined with popular sentiments. The Chinese Communist Party's attempts to define happiness and well-being around family-focused Han Chinese cultural traditions clearly strike a chord with the wider population. The collection highlights the links connecting the ideologies promoted by the government.
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