Chinese Television and National Identity Construction

This book examines music entertainment programmes on China Central Television, China's only national level television network. It explores how programmes project a nuanced image of China's identity and position in the world which is in step with China's party-state nationalism, and at the same time open to change as China's circumsta

Lauren Gorfinkel is a Lecturer in the Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University, Australia.

1. Introduction: National Identity in the Chinese Context 2. Music-Entertainment Culture Under the Chinese Communist Party 3. Overview of Music-Entertainment Television in China 4. Multiethnic China 5. Greater China 6. Foreign Identities 7. Conclusion