{"product_id":"televising-chineseness-geng-song-9780472055296","title":"Televising Chineseness: Gender, Nation, and Subjectivity","description":"The serial narrative is one of the most robust and popular forms of storytelling in contemporary China. With a domestic audience of one billion-plus and growing transnational influence and accessibility, this form of storytelling is becoming the centerpiece of a fast-growing digital entertainment industry and a new symbol and carrier of China's soft power. \u003ci\u003eTelevising Chineseness: Gender, Nation, and Subjectivity \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how television and online dramas imagine the Chinese nation and form postsocialist Chinese gendered subjects. The book addresses a conspicuous paradox in Chinese popular culture today: the coexistence of increasingly diverse gender presentations and conservative gender policing by the government, viewers, and society. Using first-hand data collected through interviews and focus group discussions with audiences comprising viewers of different ages, genders, and educational backgrounds, \u003ci\u003eTelevising Chineseness\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on how television culture relates to the power mechanisms and truth regimes that shape the understanding of gender and the construction of gendered subjects in postsocialist China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geng Song\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472055291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472055296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.91w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2022","brand":"Geng Song","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945035497727,"sku":"9780472055296","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ebdb7a16-3954-4eea-8245-17ac4a9eb24e.jpg?v=1681506403","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/televising-chineseness-geng-song-9780472055296","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}