A New Spectacle in China's Mediasphere : A Cultural Reading of a Web-Based Reality Show from Shanghai
Journal
The China Quarterly
ISSN
0305-7410
ISSN-Digital
1468-2648
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2011-04-01
Author(s)
Abstract
Daria Berg's study offers a cultural reading of the web-based reality show Soul Partners (2007) from Shanghai. Soul Partners serves as a case study to explore how 21st-century Chinese cultural discourse debates the transformation of urban society in China, providing insight into the Chinese cultural imagination, perceptions of the globalizing metropolis and the impact of consumer culture. This reading positions Soul Partners within the discursive context of Chinese popular, postmodern and post- socialist culture and in relation to the cultural import of the reality show genre into China's mediasphere. Analysis focuses on the quest for authen- ticity in the Chinese discourse on perceived reality and the way Soul Partners generates new urban dreams for China's Generation X. The analy- sis of Soul Partners sheds new light on the dynamics of transcultural appro- priation in a globalizing China and the social and political implications.
Language
English
Keywords
chinese studies
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SHSS - Kulturen, Institutionen, Maerkte (KIM)
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publisher place
Cambridge
Volume
205
Start page
133
End page
151
Pages
19
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
207435
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