Format:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 228 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9781399518284
Content:
Explores how affect and emotion create new ways of understanding contemporary Chinese politicsPresents informed explanations based on vivid portraits of various emotional spectacles, scenes, encounters, actions, and reactions that are not available in the study of Chinese PoliticsAddresses the importance of affect to the analysis of politics with creative approachesPresents broad and informed cultural analysis through close analysis of public culturesDraws on case studies of political art, social media, worker's body and films to offer analytical possibilities for innovative political research, and to produce a multifaceted understanding of how affect matters for politicsProvocatively rereads the history of Maoism by reconsidering how class feeling such as hatred and resentment is mobilized through culture and artThe growing political conflicts unfolded in China provide an opportunity for rethinking the cultural politics of emotion. Although the political formations in the region can be laden with a multitude of emotions, they tend to be poorly understood. This book explains why affect and emotion matter to politics from the Mao Zedong to the Xi Jinping era. It makes a unique contribution by investigating the dynamics of political passions and the contexts from which emotional subjects engage in hegemonic struggles through the creation of various cultural forms, including Maoist art and popular films. Topics discussed include the mobilisation of revolutionary emotions in political movements, the desire of nationalism, the virtual affective space created by antagonistic identity politics, the subaltern body as a surface of emotion work, and the blurring of public-private divides on social media. Liu and Shi find that cultural feelings and emotional experiences are crucial for understanding political struggle, as well as debates about the cultural dilemma of the Chinese Dream
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of figures
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction: Affective spaces in contemporary China
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PART I Affective Investment through Art and Cinema
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1. Emotional sculptures
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2. Enjoy the nation
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3. The future as an injury
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PART II Body, Social Media, Affective Struggle
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4. The body in fear
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5. Affective publics' encounter
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6. The wailing wall
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Bibliography
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Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781399518260
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Liu, Shih-Diing Affective Spaces Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2024 ISBN 9781399518260
Language:
English
