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Examining Internet culture in the People's Republic of China,
Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the US, this book analyzes videos which
entertain both English and Chinese-speaking viewers to gain a
better understanding of cultural similarities and differences. Each
of the chapters in the volume studies streaming videos from YouTube
and its Chinese counterparts, Todou and Youku, with the book using
a combination of interpretative analysis of content, commentary,
and ethnographic interviews. Employing a diverse range of examples,
from Michael Jackson musical mash-ups of Cultural Revolution
visuals, to short clips of Hitler ranting about twenty-first
century issues with Chinese subtitles, this book goes on to explore
the ways in which traditional beliefs regarding gender, romance,
religion, and politics intersect. Looking at how these issues have
changed over the years in response to new technologies and
political economies, it also demonstrates how they engage in
regional, transnational, and global dialogues. Comparing and
incorporating the production of videos with traditional media, such
as television and cinema, Internet Video Culture in China will be
useful to students and scholars of Internet and digital
anthropology, as well as Cultural Studies and Chinese Studies more
generally.
Examining Internet culture in the People's Republic of China,
Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the US, this book analyzes videos which
entertain both English and Chinese-speaking viewers to gain a
better understanding of cultural similarities and differences. Each
of the chapters in the volume studies streaming videos from YouTube
and its Chinese counterparts, Todou and Youku, with the book using
a combination of interpretative analysis of content, commentary,
and ethnographic interviews. Employing a diverse range of examples,
from Michael Jackson musical mash-ups of Cultural Revolution
visuals, to short clips of Hitler ranting about twenty-first
century issues with Chinese subtitles, this book goes on to explore
the ways in which traditional beliefs regarding gender, romance,
religion, and politics intersect. Looking at how these issues have
changed over the years in response to new technologies and
political economies, it also demonstrates how they engage in
regional, transnational, and global dialogues. Comparing and
incorporating the production of videos with traditional media, such
as television and cinema, Internet Video Culture in China will be
useful to students and scholars of Internet and digital
anthropology, as well as Cultural Studies and Chinese Studies more
generally.
"Go" (Weiqi in Chinese) is one of the most popular games in East
Asia, with a steadily increasing fan base around the world. Like
chess, "Go" is a logic game but it is much older, with written
records mentioning the game that date back to the 4th century BC.
As Chinese politics have changed over the last two millennia, so
too has the imagery of the game. In Imperial times it was seen as a
tool to seek religious enlightenment and was one of the four noble
arts that were a requisite to becoming a cultured gentleman. During
the Cultural Revolution it was a stigmatized emblem of the lasting
effects of feudalism. Today, it marks the reemergence of cultured
gentlemen as an idealized model of manhood. Marc L. Moskowitz
explores the fascinating history of the game, as well as providing
a vivid snapshot of Chinese "Go" players today. "Go Nation" uses
this game to come to a better understanding of Chinese masculinity,
nationalism, and class, as the PRC reconfigures its history and
traditions to meet the future.
The Republic of China on Taiwan is the last nation in the world to
be excluded from the United Nations. The world's seventeenth
largest economy and Asia's most vibrant democracy, Taiwan has
continually to convince the world of its historical independence
from the People's Republic of China. At the same time, however,
forces of history and contemporary economics make Taiwan's intimate
cultural and economic ties to the mainland another crucial reality.
Yet somehow under these singular conditions, the people of the
island go about their daily affairs, making themselves a remarkable
font of creativity and cultural innovation. The Minor Arts of Daily
Life is an account of the many ways in which contemporary Taiwanese
approach their ordinary existence and activities. It presents a
wide range of aspects of day-to-day living to convey something of
the world as experienced by the Taiwanese themselves. What does it
mean to be Taiwanese? In what way does life in Taiwan impart a
different view of Chinese culture? How do Taiwanese envision and
participate in global culture in the twenty-first century? What
issues (cultural, social, political, economic) seem to matter most?
What does ""China"" mean to them today? Focusing on such broadly
appealing topics as baseball, movies, gay and lesbian identity,
television shows, and night markets, the contributors seek to
introduce Taiwanese culture to a broad readership. In lively,
non-technical prose, they approach their topics from a variety of
disciplines in ways that will not only give students a
comprehensive view of Taiwanese life, but also provide them with a
range of theoretical perspectives with which to explore this
fascinating nation.
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