Background
Hung, Chang-tai was born on August 15, 1949 in Jinjiang, Fujian, China. Son of Ngo-pan and Ming-yee (Sy) Hung. came to the United States, naturalized 1989.
( This is the first comprehensive study of popular cultur...)
This is the first comprehensive study of popular culture in twentieth-century China, and of its political impact during the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945 (known in China as "The War of Resistance against Japan"). Chang-tai Hung shows in compelling detail how Chinese resisters used a variety of popular cultural forms—especially dramas, cartoons, and newspapers—to reach out to the rural audience and galvanize support for the war cause. While the Nationalists used popular culture as a patriotic tool, the Communists refashioned it into a socialist propaganda instrument, creating lively symbols of peasant heroes and joyful images of village life under their rule. In the end, Hung argues, the Communists' use of popular culture contributed to their victory in revolution.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520082362/?tag=2022091-20
Hung, Chang-tai was born on August 15, 1949 in Jinjiang, Fujian, China. Son of Ngo-pan and Ming-yee (Sy) Hung. came to the United States, naturalized 1989.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Chinese University Hong Kong, 1973. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1981.
Assistant professor of history, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1981-1987; associate professor of history, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1987-1992; professor of history, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, since 1992; Jane and Raphael Bernstein professor Asian studies, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, since 1993; professor humanities, Hong Kong U. Science and Technology, Hong Kong, since 1995. Advisor Institute Chinese Folk Culture Study, Beijing Normal U., China, since 1994. Institute Modern History, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, since 1997.
( This is the first comprehensive study of popular cultur...)
(Chinese Intellectuals and Folk Literature)
Member American History Association, Association Asian Studies, Chinese Oral and Performing Literature, Inc.
Married Wai-han Mak, July 9, 1979. Children: Ming-mei, Ming-yang.