ABSTRACT

Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this volume examines the relationship between space and the production of local popular culture in contemporary China. The international team of contributors examine the inter-relationship between the cultural imaginary of a given place and China’s continuing drive towards urbanization. This has led to the development of new spaces and places, and new forms of spatial practices that destabilize old concepts of the ‘local’ and ‘locality’.

Delivering ethnographic observations and theoretical speculations, this work furthers our understanding of the link between spatial thinking and the production of consumer culture in China.

chapter |30 pages

Introduction: The Politics And Production Of Scales In China

How Does Geography Matter To Studies Of Local, Popular Culture?

chapter 1|21 pages

Land Of Living Fossils

Scaling Cultural Prestige In China's Periphery

chapter 5|18 pages

Popularization And Localization

A Local Tabloid Newspaper Market In Transition

chapter 6|17 pages

From Barrooms To Teahouses

Commercial Nightlife In Hainan Since 1988

chapter 7|21 pages

Ethnoconsumerism As Cultural Production?

Making Space For Miao Style

chapter 8|19 pages

Anhui Baomu In Shanghai

Gender, Class, And A Sense Of Place 1