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Wang Shuo and the commercialisation of contemporary Chinese culture
Get PDFThis thesis examines the commercialisation of Chinese culture that has taken place over the past twenty years in mainland China. It explores the contribution of Wang Shuo, a cultural figure who straddles different fields of culture, moving from literature to the ultimate mass culture medium of television, this study plots Wang Shuo' s development from educational failure, to business failure, to fiction writer, film & TV editor, film director and cultural critic and analyst. His stories, films, TV series and articles have caused shock-waves throughout national cultural circles as he has transformed the terms of the debate from academic discourse to a validation of the role of the market in the culture field. Although Wang Shuo has not been labelled as a dissident, his approach to the culture market has had a more subversive effect on official ideology that those overt dissidents who have had to live in exile or have been imprisoned. He has utilised the language of official ideology to satirise the authorities, turning the ideology and its supporters into figures of fun. Yet his own goals have been strictly personal and economic ones. The authorities recognize the value of Wang Shuo's work in the cultural market but at the same time distrust his works and place him under strict censorship. Examining the way Wang Shuo and people surround him have succeeded in different fields of cultural achievement is a mirror to understanding the process of the transformation of contemporary Chinese culture from a socialist state-controlled culture to a market-oriented mass culture industry
Wang Meng and contemporary Chinese literature: the vicissitudes of a committed writer
Get PDFThis thesis examines the way Wang Meng has developed as a writer from the 1950s to the 1990s in the context of New China's political and literary background. It looks at the compromises he was forced to make between his political beliefs in the Communist Party and his chosen role as a professional writer. After his disastrous early foray into what was deemed to be unacceptable political criticism with The Young Newcomer in the Organisation Department in the 1950s, when the opportunity came to start publishing again in the late 1970s he was boldly innovative in style, helping to transform New Period literature, but conservative in content, sticking to politically acceptable topics. It was only with Hard Porridge in 1989 that he ventured again, and very successfully, into political comment. There is no outstanding leading writer in contemporary China, but Wang Meng is a leading contender for the title
Tigridiopalma longmenensis H. F. Wang, H. L. Cao & H. G. Ye 2021, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Tigridiopalma longmenensis</i> H.F. Wang, H.L. Cao & H.G. Ye, <i>sp. nov.</i> (Fig. 4) <p> <b>Type:</b> — CHINA. Guangdong Province: Huizhou City, Longmen County, 23°39′ N, 114°3′ E, 150 m, 12 September 2020, <i>H. F. Wang, H. L. Cao & H. G. Ye 20200912001</i> (holotype, IBSC, barcode number 0858304; isotypes, IBSC, barcode numbers 0858305 & 0858306).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis:</b> — <i>Tigridiopalma longmenensis</i> is similar to <i>T. magnifica</i> in the herbaceous habit, the 5-merous flowers, dimorphic and unequal stamens, short stamens with the decurrent connective of anthers forming a short spur, and funnelform shaped capsules. However, the former differs from the latter by the inflorescences being polychasia (vs. scorpioid cymes), hypanthia with carinas on angles (vs. winged on angles), and the longer (antesepalous) stamens with a conspicuously white or pink spur (vs. without spurs) at the connective bases of anthers (Table 2, Fig. 2).</p> <p>Perennial herbs. Rhizomes usually woody. Stems erect, short, sparsely pubescent, 1–1.5 mm long. Leaves basal, with soft hairs when young, yellow puberulent when old; petiole terete, 4.4–18.4 cm long, succulent, sparsely pubescent, sulcate when old; blades membranous, narrowly cordate to ovate, 20.8–51.8× 13.6–44.9 cm, margin ciliate and irregular abruptly denticulate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially densely furfuraceous, purplish red, puberulous on veins, secondary veins 2–3 pairs, tertiary veins parallel. Inflorescences axillary, polychasium consisting of 2–5 scorpioid cymes; peduncle 9.4–32.7 cm long, sometimes furfuraceous at base, ribbed when dry; bracts 0.8–8.7× 0.5–4.3 cm, persistent. Pedicel 0.9–1.9 mm long, with carinas on angles, 0.2–0.5 mm wide, sometimes furfuraceous. Hypanthium funnelform to cup-shaped, 5-sided, apex truncate, carina 0.2–0.5 mm wide on angle. Calyx lobes 5, triangular to semiorbicular, 0.3–0.5 mm long. Petals 5, 1.1–1.6× 0.8–0.9 cm, adaxially dark red, abaxially with white lines, broadly obovate, almost rhomboid, apex truncate, oblique, and apiculate. Stamens 10, dimorphic and unequal; longer stamens 5, antesepalous, filaments 1.6–1.9 cm long, anthers 0.8–1.2 cm long, connective decurrent, forming a conspicuous spur abaxially, white or pink, ca. 1 mm long, and two ventral tubercles, yellow, ca. 1 mm long; smaller stamens 5, antepetalous, filaments 1.1–1.4 cm long, anthers 0.5–0.8 cm long, connective decurrent, forming a spur abaxially, ca. 1 mm long and two ventral tubercles, yellow, ca. 1 mm long. Ovary ovoid, 5-celled, apex with membranous crown; crown 5-lobed, with irregularly denticulate margin; style 0.9–1.2 cm long, magenta, terete, slightly curved. Capsule dehiscing into 5 valves from the apex, valves ca. 2–3 mm long, with irregularly denticulate margin. Hypanthium partially covering the capsule, funnel-shaped, 6.5–7.5× 9.1–10.2 mm, 5-sided, angles carinated. Seed numerous, brown, cuneate, 0.6–0.8× 0.3–0.5 mm.</p> <p> <b>Etymology:</b> —The specific epithet is derived from the type locality, Longmen County of Guangdong Province, China.</p> <p> <b>Geographical distribution and habitat:</b> — <i>Tigridiopalma longmenensis</i> is only known from Longmen County, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, China (Fig. 1). It often occurs on the rock crevices near streamside in forests at low elevations of 93–175 m.</p> <p> <b>IUCN conservation assessment:</b> —One population with more than 2500 individuals has been found in Longmen. There is no any significant or plausible threat to the habitat and the plant up to now. It is therefore evaluated as Endangered (EN B1a) according to IUCN Red List Criteria (IUCN 2019).</p> <p> <b>Phenology:</b> —Flowering from August to October; fruiting from October to November.</p> <p> <b>Additional specimens examined (paratypes):</b> — CHINA. Guangdong Province: Huizhou city, Longmen County, Youtian Forest Farm, 23°38′ N, 114°2′ E, elev. 115 m, 20 August 2020, <i>H. F</i> <i>. Wang & H. F.</i> <i>Zhu 20200820001</i> (IBSC); ibid., 24 October 2020, <i>H. F</i> <i>. Wang & Z. H.</i> <i>Wu 20201024007</i> (IBSC); ibid., 23°39′ N, 114°3′ E, elev. 151 m, 26 November 2020, <i>H. F</i> <i>. Wang, H. Dong & W. G.</i> <i>Zhu 20201126001</i> (IBSC).</p>Published as part of <i>Wang, Hui-Feng, Wang, Zheng-Feng, Qin, Qiao-Mei, Cao, Hong-Lin & Guo, Xiao-Ming, 2021, Tigridiopalma longmenensis (Melastomataceae), a new species from Guangdong, China, pp. 241-247 in Phytotaxa 500 (3)</i> on pages 244-246, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.500.3.8, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5424632">http://zenodo.org/record/5424632</a>
Letter from A. F. Potter to John H. Page
No full textLetter from A. F. Potter to John H. Page referring his request to build a railway to the District Forester at Albuquerque, New Mexico
Polly H. Carder Collection on George F. Root
No full textGeorge Frederick Root (1820-1895) was an American songwriter and music educator. He is perhaps best known for his song "The Battle Cry of Freedom," which was written and rose to popularity during the U.S. Civil War. The Polly H. Carder Collection on George F. Root contains original published scores and songbooks from the period 1852-1907 and photocopied scores collected by Polly H. Carder, author of the book George F. Root, Civil War Songwriter: A Biography. The collection also contains a short article, "The Last Days of George F. Root," written by Root's daughter, Clara Louise Burnham
Mirollia lanceolata Shi & Wang 2005
No full text15. Mirollia lanceolata Shi & Wang, 2005 (Figures 2 H, 6 D–F, 10 Q) Mirollia lanceolata Shi & Wang 2005, In: Yang, M.F. & Jin, D.C. (Eds.) Insects of Dashahe in Guizhou Province: 75. Material examined. Holotype, male, Dashahe, Daozhen, Guizhou, 19 Aug. 2004, coll. Fu-Ming Shi. Redescription. Male. Stridulatory area of left tegmen long oval, 3.4 mm long, 1.9 mm wide (Fig. 10 Q). Cerci short, not reaching apex of subgenital plate (Fig. 6 D); strongly incurved in apical third; apex with a minute apical spine (Fig. 6 F). Phallus with two pairs of sclerites: lateral sclerites long, basal part thick, distal part lanceolate; medial sclerites bilobate, rather small, dorsal lobe denticulate on top. Subgenital plate strongly curved upwards before middle; basal part broad, medial area narrow and apical part slightly widened, posterior margin longitudinally split into two wide lobes (Fig. 6 E). Measurements (mm). Male. Body: 15.0; body with wings: 32.5; pronotum: 4.0; tegmen length: 24.0; tegmen width: 4.5; hind wing: 28.5; profemur: 4.2; mesofemur: 6.3; postfemur: 13.0. Distribution. China (Guizhou).Published as part of Wang, Gang, Wang, Hai-Jian & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2015, Remarks of the genus Mirollia (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from China, pp. 307-333 in Zootaxa 4021 (2) on page 316, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/23579
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