Contemporary Urban Youth Culture in China – A Multiperspectival Cultural Studie…

Contemporary Urban Youth Culture in ChinaA Multiperspectival Cultural Studies of Internet Subcultures\nAuthor(s): Jing Sun\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781641138888, 978-1641138888\nSynopsis\nIn Contemporary Urban Youth Culture in China: A Multiperspectival Cultural Studies of Internet Subcultures, Jing Sun explores contemporary Chinese urban youth culture through analyses of three Chinese Internet subcultural artifacts-A Bloody Case of a Steamed Bun, Cao Ni Ma, and Du Fu Is Busy.\n\n Using Douglas Kellners [tel] multiperspectival cultural studies ([url] critical theory and critical media literacy) as the theoretical framework, and diagnostic critique and semiotics as the analytical method, Sun examines three general themes--resistance, power relations, and consumerism. \n\nThe power of multiperspectival cultural studies, an interdisciplinary inquiry, lies in its potentials to explore contemporary.