KSCB160 Celebrity, sex and fandoms: Identity and entertainment in contemporary Chinese society

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Prof. Jonathan Sullivan (lecturer), Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 7. 11. 14:00–15:40 B2.43, 18:00–19:40 B2.43, Tue 8. 11. 10:00–11:40 G31, 18:00–19:40 B2.44, Wed 9. 11. 10:00–11:40 K24, 18:00–19:40 B2.43, Thu 10. 11. 14:00–15:40 B2.21, 18:00–19:40 B2.24, Fri 11. 11. 10:00–11:40 B2.32, 12:00–13:40 B2.32
Prerequisites (in Czech)
KSCA001 Introduction to Chin. Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 7/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course explores how the transition to market socialism and partial retreat of the state have created a freer, more individualistic and wealthier society, but also one in which the decline of socialist ideology and collectivist ways of life and previous certainties in the organization of life have affected attitudes and behaviours. The course will establish the socio-political parameters in which social expression and lifestyles are experienced, survey key processes such as urbanization and migration, and introduce concepts such as “liquid modernity” to help explain people’s responses.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will be able to discuss and understand in context the following features of contemporary Chinese society:
Chinese millenials;
internet and gaming;
celebrity industry;
LGBTQ, gender and feminism;
sex;
music;
drugs;
football fans
Syllabus
  • 1. Intro and context - Monday 7th November: 2-3.50pm 2. Consumption and celebrity industry - Monday 7th November: 6-7:50pm
  • 3. Celebrity culture and fandoms - Tuesday 8th November: 10-11:50am
  • 4. Internet celebrity and live-streaming - Tuesday 8th November: 6-7:50pm
  • 5. Cyber nationalism and wolf warriors - Wednesday 9th November: 10-11:50am
  • 6. Rap music and the underground - Wednesday 9th November: 6-7:50pm
  • 7. Football culture: Ultras and ‘fake fans’ - Thursday 10th November: 2-3.50pm
  • 8. Sex, sexuality and gender - Thursday 10th November: 6-7:50pm
  • 9. Assessment: Group presentations - Friday 11th November: 12-1:50pm
  • 10. Wrap up - Friday 11th November: 4-5.50pm
Literature
  • Jeffreys, Elaine and Haiqing Yu. 2015. Sex in China. Cambridge: Polity Press.
  • Gong, Yuan. "Online discourse of masculinities in transnational football fandom: Chinese Arsenal fans’ talk around ‘gaofushuai’and ‘diaosi’." Discourse & Society 27.1 (2016): 20-37.
  • Tan, Jia. 2017. “Digital masquerading: Feminist media activism in China.” Crime, Media, Culture 13(2), 171 -186.
  • Edwards, Louise, and Elaine Jeffreys. 2010. Celebrity in China. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press
  • Nie, Hongping Annie. "Gaming, Nationalism, and Ideological Work in Contemporary China: online games based on the War of Resistance against Japan." Journal of Contemporary China 22.81 (2013): 499-517.
  • Dong, Jinxia, and J. A. Mangan. "Football in the new China: Political statement, entrepreneurial enticement and patriotic passion." Soccer and Society 2.3 (2001): 79-100.
  • Yu, LiAnne. Consumption in China: How China's new consumer ideology is shaping the nation. John Wiley & Sons, 2014.
  • Li, Siling. 2009. "The turn to the self: From “big character posters” to YouTube videos." Chinese Journal of Communication 2(1), 50-60.
  • Chen, An. "Secret societies and organized crime in contemporary China." Modern Asian Studies 39.1 (2005): 77-107.
  • Chin, Kolin, and Roy Godson. "Organized crime and the political-criminal nexus in China." Trends in Organized Crime 9.3 (2006): 5.
  • Engrebretsen, Elisabeth L. and William F. Schroder (eds.) (with Hongwei Bao). 2015. Queer/Tongzhi China: New Perspectives on Research, Activism and Media Cultures. Copenhagen: NIAS Press.
  • Liu, Chen. 2014. “Noise in Guangzhou: The Cultural Politics of Underground Popular Music in Contemporary Guangzhou.” Area 46(3), 228 -234.
  • Fish, Eric. China's Millennials: The Want Generation. Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
  • Moore, Robert L. "Generation ku: Individualism and China's millennial youth." Ethnology (2005): 357-376.
  • De Kloet, Jeroen. 2010. China with a Cut: Globalization, Urban Youth and Popular Music. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
  • Wallis, Cara. "New media practices in China: Youth patterns, processes, and politics." International Journal of Communication 5 (2011): 31.
  • Evans, Harriet. 2008. Sexed Bodies, Sexualized Identities, and the Limits of Gender. China Information 22(2), 361-386.
  • Han Han, This Generation. (Schuster, 2012).
  • JACKA, Tamara, Andrew B. KIPNIS and Sally SARGESON. Contemporary China : society and social change. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013, xii, 311. ISBN 9781107011847. info
  • Online society in China : creating, celebrating, and instrumentalising the online carnival. Edited by David Kurt Herold - Peter Marolt. London: Routledge, 2011, xi, 216. ISBN 9780203828519. info
  • FONG, Vanessa L. Only hope : coming of age under China's one-child policy. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2004, x, 242. ISBN 9780804753302. info
  • TURNER, Graeme. Understanding celebrity. 1st pub. London: Sage Publications, 2004, vi, 148. ISBN 0761941673. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class presentations, class discussions.
Assessment methods
1) Active participation in the class; no absence allowed.
2) Group presentation in the final class.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2024.
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