Female Celebrities In Contemporary Chinese Society

Author : Shenshen Cai
Publisher : Springer
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811359804

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Female Celebrities in Contemporary Chinese Society by Shenshen Cai Pdf

This book focuses on a representative group of contemporary Chinese female celebrities including actors, directors, writers and reporters, notably personalities such as Liu Xiaoqing, Hong Huang, Chai Jing and the most sought after young generation actors, Yang Mi and Guan Xiaotong. It analyses the on- and off- screen roles of these famous Chinese women, and the cultural, gender and social impact and significance embedded in them, whilst highlighting controversial social and cultural concerns and debates in contemporary China. The book furthers the understanding of the role played by contemporary female celebrities who are considered as social, cultural and feminist icons in present-day China, as reflected in their work, careers and private lives, and whose experiences help to understand Chinese women’s attitudes towards key issues such as career trajectories, marriage and family, gender identity, social changes, civil debates and political transformations, all of which are at the center of societal transformation in China.

Author : Shenshen Cai
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350409446

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Contemporary Chinese Celebrities by Shenshen Cai Pdf

Whether willingly or unwillingly, public celebrities are often the focus of discussion of moral matters and political causes, but how does this sort of celebrity culture function in a country such as China with a powerful central state? Contemporary Chinese Celebrities explores how in today's China, celebrity figures embody, conflict with and engage with social, civil, moral and economic issues. Shenshen Cai examines the state's governance of celebrity activism and the interplay between the propaganda machine and the stars. Analyzing examples of scandalous celebrities who act as activists in a moral domain which is tightly governed by the state, Cai also studies several sports stars who have emerged in recent years as political activists in China, and their open defiance of the Chinese political system that poses unprecedented challenge to the Party's rule.

Author : Shenshen Cai
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350409453

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Contemporary Chinese Celebrities by Shenshen Cai Pdf

Whether willingly or unwillingly, public celebrities are often the focus of discussion of moral matters and political causes, but how does this sort of celebrity culture function in a country such as China with a powerful central state? Contemporary Chinese Celebrities explores how in today's China, celebrity figures embody, conflict with and engage with social, civil, moral and economic issues. Shenshen Cai examines the state's governance of celebrity activism and the interplay between the propaganda machine and the stars. Analyzing examples of scandalous celebrities who act as activists in a moral domain which is tightly governed by the state, Cai also studies several sports stars who have emerged in recent years as political activists in China, and their open defiance of the Chinese political system that poses unprecedented challenge to the Party's rule.

Author : Shenshen Cai,Emily Dunn
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9789811581168

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Xiangsheng and the Emergence of Guo Degang in Contemporary China by Shenshen Cai,Emily Dunn Pdf

This book explores xiangsheng, one of the most popular folk art performance genres in China, its enlistment by official propaganda machine after the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and its revival in popularity under Guo Degang and his Deyun Club. Just as the 1950's saw the shift of xiangsheng 's social function from entertainment to the political tool of ‘serving the party’, Guo Degang has completed the paradigm shift by turning its focus back to ‘serving the people’ as a means of entertainment and social criticism. This volume examines how Guo has resurrected the essence of xiangsheng, successfully commercialised it in a market economy, and simultaneously deconstructed the official discourse through grassroots means.

Author : Shanshan Du,Ya-chen Chen
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780739145821

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Women and Gender in Contemporary Chinese Societies by Shanshan Du,Ya-chen Chen Pdf

Recent attention to historical, geographic, and class differences in the studies of women and gender in China has expanded our understanding of the diversity and complexity of gendered China. Nevertheless, the ethnic dimension of this subject matter remains largely overlooked, particularly concerning women’s conditions and gender status. Consequently, the patriarchy and its oppression of women among the Han, the ethnic majority in China, are often inaccurately or erroneously associated with the whole gendered heritage of China, epitomized by the infamous traditions of footbinding and female-infanticide. Such academic and popular predisposition belies the fact that gender systems in China span a wide spectrum, ranging from extreme Han patriarchy to Lahu gender-egalitarianism. The authors contributing to this book have collectively initiated a systematic effort to bridge the gap between understanding the majority Han and ethnic minorities in regard to women and gender in contemporary Chinese societies. By achieving a quantitative balance between articles on the Han majority and those on ethnic minorities, this book transcends the ghettoization of ethnic minorities in the studies of Chinese women and gender. The eleven chapters of this volume are divided into three sections which jointly challenge the traditions and norms of Han patriarchy from various perspectives. The first section focuses on gender traditions among ethnic minorities which compete with the norms of Han patriarchy. The second section emphasizes the impact of radical social transformation on gender systems and practices among both Han and ethnic minorities. The third section underscores socio-cultural diversity and complexity in resistance to Han patriarchal norms from a broad perspective. This book complements previous scholarship on Chinese women and gender by expanding our investigative lens beyond Han patriarchy and providing images of the multi-ethnic landscape of China. By identifying the Han as an ethnically marked category and by bringing to the forefront the diverse gender systems of ethnic minorities, this book encourages an increasing awareness of, and sensitivity to the cross-cultural diversity of gendered China both in academia and beyond.

Author : Tonglin Lu
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0804724644

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Misogyny, Cultural Nihilism, and Oppositional Politics by Tonglin Lu Pdf

Written from a feminist perspective, this is a cultural and ideological study of modern China as seen in the writing of experimental fiction, one of the main attempts to subvert the conventions of socialist realism in contemporary Chinese literature.

Author : Louise Edwards,Elaine Jeffreys
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789622090873

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Celebrity in China by Louise Edwards,Elaine Jeffreys Pdf

Celebrity is a pervasive aspect of everyday life and a growing field of academic inquiry. This is the first book-length exploration of celebrity culture in the People's Republic of China and its interaction with international norms of celebrity production. The book comprises case studies from popular culture (film, music, dance, literature, internet); official culture (military, political, and moral exemplars) and business celebrities. This breadth illuminates the ways capitalism and communism converge in the elevation of particular individuals to fame in contemporary China. The book will interest scholars and students in media, popular culture and China studies. Journalists may find the book useful for their analysis of famous figures in China and people working in creative industries area may appreciate these insights into 'image management' in China.--Louise Edwards is professor of modern China studies at the University of Hong Kong. -Elaine Jeffreys is a senior lecturer in China studies at the University of Technology, Sydney.--

Author : Margery Wolf,Roxane Witke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Women
ISBN : OCLC:853444952

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Women in Chinese Society by Margery Wolf,Roxane Witke Pdf

Author : Anthea Taylor,Joanna McIntyre
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429772986

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Gender and Australian Celebrity Culture by Anthea Taylor,Joanna McIntyre Pdf

This intellectually vibrant volume is the first collection to deal with Australian celebrity in ways that account for both cultural and gendered specificities, demonstrating how gendered ways of imagining Australia are reinforced and contested in celebrity representations and self-presentations. Gender and Australian Celebrity Culture engages with celebrities across a diverse range of fields – actors, journalists, athletes, comedians, writers, and television personalities – and in doing so critically reflects upon different forms of Australian fame and the media platforms and practices that sustain them. Authors in this volume engage directly with pertinent issues relating to gender and sexuality, including celebrity feminism and the generative capacity of feminist rage; normative femininity and its instability; hegemonic masculinities; and queerness and its (in)visibility. Contributors also intervene in a number of ongoing debates in media and cultural studies more broadly, including those around the politics and affordances of digital media; whiteness and Australia’s colonial histories; celebrity labour; and methodologies for celebrity studies. This timely collection urges scholars of celebrity to attend further both to the gendered nature of celebrity culture and to local conditions of production and consumption. This book will be of key interest to researchers and graduate students in cultural studies, television and film studies, digital media studies, critical race and whiteness studies, gender and sexuality studies, and literary studies.

Author : David Craig,Jian Lin,Stuart Cunningham
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030653767

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Wanghong as Social Media Entertainment in China by David Craig,Jian Lin,Stuart Cunningham Pdf

In Chinese, the term wanghong refers to creators, social media entrepreneurs alternatively known as KOLs (key opinion leaders) and zhubo (showroom hosts), influencers and micro-celebrities. Wanghong also refers to an emerging media ecology in which these creators cultivate online communities for cultural and commercial value by harnessing Chinese social media platforms, like Weibo, WeChat, Douyu, Huya, Bilibili, Douyin, and Kuaishuo. Framed by the concepts of cultural, creative, and social industries, the book maps the development of wanghong policies and platforms, labor and management, content and culture, as they operate in contrast to its non-Chinese counterpart, social media entertainment, driven by platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitch. As evidenced by the backlash to TikTok, the threat of competition from global wanghong signals advancing platform nationalism.

Author : Jiaran Zheng
Publisher : Springer
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811007774

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New Feminism in China by Jiaran Zheng Pdf

This book is based on rich empirical data and findings concerning the lives, perceptions and ambitions of young middle-class female graduates, thus providing essential insights into the lives and viewpoints of a previously unresearched group in China from a feminist scholarly perspective. The study shows how the lives of young women and debates over youthful femininity lie at the very heart of modern Chinese history and society. With a central focus on women's issues, the book's ultimate goal is to enable Western readers to better understand the changing ideologies and the overall social domain of China under the leadership of President Xi. The empirical data presented includes interviews and group discussions, as well as illustrations, tables and images collected during a prolonged period of fieldwork. The insights shared here will facilitate cross-cultural communication with both Western feminist academics and readers who are sensitive to different cultures.

Author : Shanshan Du,Ya-Chen Chen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Ethnic groups
ISBN : 0739182978

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Women and Gender in Contemporary Chinese Societies by Shanshan Du,Ya-Chen Chen Pdf

In this volume the contributors try to bridge the gap between understanding the majority Han and ethnic minorities in regard to women and gender in contemporary Chinese societies. The first section focuses on gender traditions among ethnic minorities which compete with the norms of Han patriarchy. The second section emphasizes the impact of radical social transformation on gender systems and practices among both Han and ethnic minorities. The third section underscores socio-cultural diversity and complexity in resistance to Han patriarchal norms from a broad perspective.

Author : Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781527545014

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The Art of Women in Contemporary China by Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky Pdf

This book presents in eight chapters the work of over 75 Chinese female artists, both pictorial and poetic. Their art is viewed within a framework of eight themes. The broad topics explored include the body; life; the representation of the experience of being a woman; home and the world; a view of children and other women; clothes; social conscience; fantasy; and abstraction—nonfigurative work and its viability as a medium to express the spiritual. These themes provide several lenses through which to enjoy and compare these artists’ approaches and outputs. The volume is unique in its inclusion of poetry by contemporary women whose voices articulate so many of the same concerns as the visual artists. In China, poetry has always been the prime form of artistic expression, and it remains so today. Looking at this poetry affords us a different means of appreciating the art of women in contemporary society.

Author : Margery Wolf,Roxane Witke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:612171017

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Women in Chinese Society by Margery Wolf,Roxane Witke Pdf

Author : Jun Fu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811655326

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Digital Citizenship in China by Jun Fu Pdf

This book examines how emerging forms of citizenship are shaped by young people in digital spaces as way of making sense of contemporary Chinese society, forming new identities, and negotiating social and political participation. By focusing on Chinese young adults' everyday online practices, the book offers a unique treatment of the topic of young people and the Chinese Internet that navigates between the dominant focus on censorship on the one hand and protest and politicized action on the other. The book brings the focus of research from highly visible or spectacular forms of collectivity, belonging, and identification exhibited in young people's online practices to young people's everyday social and cultural engagement through new media. It brings new insights by understanding the meanings of young people's mundane and everyday online engagement for their citizenship learning, identity performance, and their formation of political subjectivity. Readers will gain insights into citizenship in China, and young people and the Chinese Internet.