Cultural Expression and Subjectivity of Chinese Peasants

ISBN-13: 9781032038933 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 204 str.

Sha Yao

Opis

This volume investigates how Chinese peasants express their culture and adapt to social change. The author’s research consists of participant observation and interviews of shadow puppetry artists in Guanzhong, China, illustrating how peasant artists have adapted to the historical and social changes.

Spis treści

1. Introduction. 2. Overview of Fieldwork. 3. 1956: Rediscovery of Peasant Culture. 4. 1963: Socialist Expression of Peasant Culture. 5. 1984: The Disintegration of the Production Team and the Decline of Rural Culture. 6. 2006: Illusionary Prosperity of Peasant Culture in the Discourse of Intangible Cultural Heritage. 7. Communication: Rediscovering the Countryside. Conclusion: A Sick Oyster Bears Pearls: An Unfinished Story.

O autorze

Sha Yao is an associate professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and an associate research fellow at the Institute of Journalism and Communication, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China. He focuses his research on rural communication, communication ethnography, the political economy of communication, and so on.