The turn to the self: From “Big Character Posters” to YouTube videos

This paper explores the process by which user-created content in contemporary China has evolved from being appropriated as a weapon of political mobilization and accusation to serving as a vehicle of independent self-representation. The analysis is set in the context of the social, political and eco...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Li, Henry
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2009
Online Access:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17544750802639077
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18705