| Description |
1 online resource (245 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Happiness in Chinese Socialist discourse -- Tibet and happiness in Chinese media discourses -- Happiness "with a Chinese Taste" -- "As Long as My Daughter Is Happy" -- Smile yourself happy -- "Happy Housewives" -- Cultivating capacity for happiness as a Confucian project in contemporary China -- Talking of happiness -- Chinese happiness -- The happiness of unrealizable dreams. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Happiness -- China.
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Happiness. |
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China. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Wielander, Gerda, editor.
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Hird, Derek, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wielander, Gerda. Chinese Discourses on Happiness. HK : Hong Kong University Press, ©2019 9789888455720 |
| ISBN |
9789888455515 |
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9888455516 |
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9789888455720 |
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9888455729 |
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