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Romance in post-socialist Chinese television / Huike Wen.

Wen, Huike, 1977- author.
2020
PN1992.3.C6 W46 2020
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Title
Romance in post-socialist Chinese television / Huike Wen.
Author
Wen, Huike, 1977- author.
ISBN
9783030477295 (electronic book)
3030477290 (electronic book)
3030477282
9783030477288
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-47
Call Number
PN1992.3.C6 W46 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.450951
Summary
"Surveying the latest Chinese TV shows centered on romantic relationships, this book joins the expanding body of literature on the ever-evolving structures of feelings while breaking new grounds in media studies. With its thorough investigation of a wide range of genres, narratives, and public discourses, the volume makes timely and significant contributions to the fields of media studies, China studies, and the cultural history of love and romance." --Hui Faye Xiao, University of Kansas, USA "What does romantic love mean for Chinese people today? How is love represented in popular Chinese television programs? Huike Wens fascinating and important book explores how romantic love promises young Chinese urbanites individual freedom, fulfillment, and purpose in life, yet also plays an ideological role in creating social cohesion and maintaining traditional patriarchal values in post-socialist China. An entertaining and thought-provoking insight into how love functions in contemporary Chinese society." --Hsu-Ming Teo, Macquarie University, Australia This book examines how representations of romantic love in Chinese television programs reflect the contradictions inherent to changing dominant values in post-socialist Chinese mainstream culture. These representations celebrate individual freedom, passion, and gender equality, and promise change based on individual diligence and talent, while simultaneously obstructing the fulfillment of these ideals. Huike Wen is an Associate Professor at Willamette University (Salem, Oregon). Her research focuses on the intersection of genders, emotions, media technology, and nations in transnational Chinese and East Asian media and culture.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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East Asian popular culture (New York, N.Y.)
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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: Sampling Love-Romance and Television in Post-socialist China
Romance in the Socialist Era
Romance Since the 1990s
Romance with Chinese Characteristics
The TV and Media Environment
Essential Elements of Romance in Literature and Television Romance
Chapter Overviews
Bibliography
Chapter 2: Dwelling Narrowness: Mistress Love
Dwelling Narrowness as a Marriage-Love TV Drama
Rationalizing Cohabitation of Young Urban Chinese
The "Slave" of House and the Victim of "Love"
Media Responses to Dwelling Narrowness

The Foundational Belief of Reality TV: Single Life as a Curable Disease
Who Can Reality TV Help: Equality and the Middle- and Upper-Middle-Class Taste of Love
The Contestants and Their Gender Performance: Agent of Love with Power and Victim of Love Needing Therapy
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 5: Enlightenment on Life: Love Between an Older Woman and a Younger Man
Scholarly Discussions on the Age Difference Between Spouses
What Does This Relationship Challenge in the Dominant Concept of a Heterosexual Relationship?
A Brief History of the Relationship in Chinese Culture

Chapter 6: Apartment Building of Romantic Love/ipartment: Young Urbanites' Love
A Brief History of Sitcom in China
Literature Review: Comedy, Sitcom, and Romantic Love
The Other Type of Romance: Relationships in ipartment
The Love Agents: Gender Roles in ipartment
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 7: Conclusion
TV Romance and Collective Identity
Love with Passion: Respected and Regulated
Romantic Love and Consumer Culture
Bibliography
Bibliography
Index

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