Identity, Space, and Everyday Life in Contemporary Northeast China

• Autore: Chen Zhen Troy
• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 pages)
• Disciplina: 306.09518
• Altri autori: HanJiawen KuangXianwen LiuXi
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Northeast China: Uncertain History, Uncertain Future -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- A Transforming Dongbei and Its Global Influence -- A Post-reform Dongbei with Intertextuality -- Overview of the Book -- Conclusion -- References -- Part I The Mediated Dongbei and Its Realities -- 2 From Mythologicalization to Stigmatization of Dongbei? An Analysis of North-East China's News Media Representations -- Introduction -- Media Representation, Stereotyping and Perceived Personalities of a Region/People -- Location of News Media Outlets and Representation of a Region -- Type of News Media Outlets and Representation of a Region -- Research Questions -- Methods -- Findings -- Conclusion and Discussion -- References -- 3 The Economic Geography of Resource-based Cities in North-East China -- Introduction -- Historical Resource Exploitation in North-East China -- Contemporary RBCs in North-East China: Challenges -- Resource Depletion -- Environmental Degradation -- Unequal Ecological Exchange -- Legacy of Planning Economy -- Maladjustment to Market-oriented Reform -- Contemporary RBCs in North-East China: Transition -- Transition Strategies -- Transition Governance -- Transition Performance -- Three Case Studies -- Fuxin -- Daqing -- Daxing'anling -- Conclusions -- References -- Part II Media Representation and Identity Construction -- 4 Those Who Left and Those Who Stayed: Zhao Benshan's Comedy Sketches in the Spring Festival Gala and Their Impact on the Regional Stereotypes of North-East China -- Introduction -- Dongbei Impression in a Mass Media Culture -- Stereotypes, Humour and Representation -- Zhao Benshan, the Gala, and Dongbei Stereotypes -- The Gala, Ideological Line, and Agentic Audience -- Zhao's Stardom and Dongbei Stereotypes. ; Methodological Notes -- Findings and Analysis -- Part I: Fixation of a Dongbei Farmer Stereotype -- Part II: Orchestrating Thoughts and Toeing the Party Line -- Stereotypes in Each Other's Eyes -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Unsettling the Spatial in Identity Construction: Mediating Homecoming from Homeless Shanghai to Dystopian Dongbei in The Postmodern Life of My Aunt -- The Neoliberal Good-Life Fantasy and the Perpetuation of Enduring Desire -- Homeless Shanghai of Insecurity and Precarity: An Almost Utopian Story -- Dongbei as Home and Its Competing Narratives -- Dongbei: Is It a Happy Ending? -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Social and Spatial Changes in Contemporary Dongbei -- 6 Affective Reflection on the Dalian People's Stadium as an Everyday Place -- Introduction -- Affect, Emotion and City -- Methods -- History -- The Affective Vibe of the Stadium -- Navigating Affective Movements and Scenes: Emotional Repertoires -- Emotional Discourse -- Affected and Being Affected: Emotional Interactions -- Extended Immersion in the City -- Stadium and City Development -- Discussion -- Notes -- References -- 7 The Simplified Complexity: The Story of Harbin Blocks and Corners -- Introduction -- Method for Understanding Harbin -- Harbin Blocks in History -- Harbin Blocks as a Method -- Corner Cases After 1949 -- Ha Liang and Ya Ma7 -- Type A: Socialist Courtyard Housing -- Type B: Housing After the Reform and Opening-Up -- Type C: High-Rise Residents After 2000 -- Revisiting the Practice -- The Practice of Space -- Design Methods -- Design for the Cold -- The Space in Practice -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 8 Decoding Culture-Embedded Urban Forms: A Hierarchical Analysis of Dongguan Street Area in Dalian, China -- Research Background -- Methodology -- Macro Level Perspective-Urban Planning and Diachronism. ; Meso-Level Perspective-Street Form and Commerce -- Micro Level Perspective-Building Type and Cultural Diversity -- Multi-Element Fusion -- Decorative Elements -- Courtyard Space -- Integrity and Harmony -- Interface and Space -- Materials and Colours -- Building Functions -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV Artistic Expressions of Everyday Life in Dongbei -- 9 Contemporary Representation of Alcoholism in Neo-Dongbei Literature by Jia Hangjia and "Three Icons of Dongbei Renaissance" -- Introduction -- Alcoholism and Redundancy -- Alcoholism and Unrest -- Alcoholism and Unwholesomeness -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 10 Crime as Historical Testimony: Narrative Suspense in Neo-Dongbei Literature -- Introduction: Crime as Testimony -- "A Broken Soldier": Righteous Indignation -- "Abandoned Children": Social Cannibalism -- At the Bottom of the Water: To Kill or Not to Kill? -- Conclusion: Storytelling as a Homecoming -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 11 The Reconfigured Narratives of Class and Gender in Representing Social Changes: From the Full-Length Novel to the Television Series of A Lifelong Journey -- Introduction -- From "Coldness" to "Warmth": The Changes from Novel to TV -- The Reconciled Class Narratives -- The Regressed Gender Narratives -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Identity, Space, and Everyday Life in Contemporary Northeast China
• ISBN: 981-9945-30-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910799500603321
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