Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition -- A Note to Teachers -- Introduction: Chinese Political Culture Revisited -- General Frameworks -- Imagining the Ancien Régime in the Deng Era -- Acting Out Democracy: Political Theater In Modern China -- Class, Gender, and Identity: 1989 as A Social Movement -- Casting A Chinese "Democracy" Movement: The Roles of Students, Workers, and Entrepreneurs -- Science, Democracy, and the Politics of Identity -- Gender and the Chinese Student Movement -- Popular Culture and The Politics of Art -- The Birth of the Goddess of Democracy -- The Politics of Popular Music in Post-Tiananmen China -- Cultural Dilemmas and Political Roles of the Intelligentsia -- Memory and Commemoration: the Chinese Search for a Livable Past -- From Priests to Professionals: Intellectuals and the State Under the CCP -- The Role of the Chinese and U.S. Media -- State Power and Legitimacy -- What Happened in Eastern Europe in 1989? -- Discos and Dictatorship: Party-State and Society Relations in the People's Republic of China -- Historical Narratives and Key Words Deconstructed -- History, Myth, and the Tales of Tiananmen -- That Holy Word, "Revolution" -- Postscript: April 1994

About the Author

Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom was trained in Chinese and comparative history at Harvard University and Berkeley and is currently associate professor of history at Indiana University. He has published widely on topics ranging from urban theory to patterns of Chinese student protest to the gendered aspects of revolutionary struggles. His most recent books include Human Rights and Revolutions and Chinese Femininities/ Chinese Masculinities. In addition to various academic venues, his essays have appeared in general interest periodicals such as Christian Science Monitor, American Scholar, and World Policy Journal. He writes regularly for Times Literary Supplement, Dissent Magazine, Chronicle of Higher Education he is also a member of the Board of Directors of Long Bow Films and recently served a year as the acting editor of American Historical Review. Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom is associate professor of history at Indiana University. Elizabeth J. Perry is professor of political science at the University of California at Berkeley.