Love Stories in China

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Love Stories in China is written by Wanning Sun and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1000497232 (ISBN 10) and 9781000497236 (ISBN 13).

This book explores how political, economic, social, cultural and technological forces are (re)shaping the meanings of love and intimacy in China's public culture. It focuses on a range of cultural and media forms including literature, film, television, music and new media, examines new cultural practices such as online activism, virtual intimacy and relationship counselling, and discusses how far love and romance have come to assume new shapes and forms in the twenty-first century. Love Stories in China offers deep insights into how the huge transformation of China over the last four decades has impacted the micro lives of ordinary Chinese people.