Benson, Carlton, "The Manipulation of Tanci in Radio Shanghai During the 1930s" (1995)

Title : "The Manipulation of Tanci in Radio Shanghai During the 1930s"

Author(s) : Benson, Carlton

Year : 1995

Type : Journal article

Subject : History

Keywords : culture;radio;broadcasting;media;entertainment

Journal : Republican China,

Volume : 20

Number : 2

Start page : 117

End page : 146

Language:Name : English

Support : Print

Abstract : Tanci, a popular traditional storytelling genre, was used as a powerful persuasive radio entertainment by Shanghai retailers to promote consumerism and by officials to promote a government-initiated austere lifestyle, two objectives that were mutually antagonistic.