Verse going viral : China's new media scenes / Heather Inwood.
Material type: TextSeries: China Program bookPublisher: Seattle ; London : University of Washington Press, [2014]Description: 1 online resource (viii, 266 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780295805108
- 0295805102
- Chinese poetry -- 21st century -- Criticism and interpretation
- Literature and society -- China
- Digital media -- China
- Popular culture -- China
- Poésie chinoise -- 21e siècle -- Critique et interprétation
- Littérature et société -- Chine
- Médias numériques -- Chine
- Culture populaire -- Chine
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
- HISTORY / Asia / China
- Chinese poetry
- Digital media
- Literature and society
- Popular culture
- China
- 2000-2099
- 895.11/609 23
- PL2333
- LIT008010 | SOC022000 | HIS008000
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"Verse Going Viral examines what happens when poetry, a central pillar of traditional Chinese culture, encounters an era of digital media and unabashed consumerism in the early twenty-first century. Heather Inwood sets out to unravel a paradox surrounding modern Chinese poetry: while poetry as a representation of high culture is widely assumed to be marginalized to the point of death, poetry activity flourishes across the country, benefiting from China's continued self-identity as a "nation of poetry" (shiguo) and from the interactive opportunities created by the internet and other forms of participatory media. Through a cultural studies approach that treats poetry as a social rather than a purely textual form, Inwood considers how meaning is created and contested both within China's media-savvy poetry scenes and by members of the public, who treat poetry with a combination of reverence and ridicule. As the first book to deal explicitly with the discourses and functioning of scenes within the Chinese cultural context, Verse Going Viral will be of value to students and scholars of Chinese literature, cultural studies, and media, as well as to general readers interested in China's dynamic cultural scenes. Heather Inwood is lecturer of Chinese cultural studies at the University of Manchester"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-256) and index.
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Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Poetry on the Web -- 2. Poetry in Print -- 3. Poetry on the Stage -- 4. Poetry in the News -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Poetry Survey Questions -- Glossary of Chinese Terms -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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