Locating China: Space, Place, and Popular Culture

Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this volume examines the relationship between space and the production of local popular culture in contemporary China.

Acknowledgment Contributors Introduction The Politics and Production of Scales: How Does Geography Matter to Studies of Local, Popular Culture? Jing Wang Chapter 1 Land of Living Fossils: Scaling Cultural Prestige in China's Periphery Tim Oakes Chapter 2 Regional Formations and Transnational Urbanism in South China Carolyn Cartier Chapter 3 The Cultural Landscape of Luxury Housing in South China: A Regional History Helen Siu Chapter 4 Identifying China's Northwest, for Nation and Empire Peter Perdue Chapter 5 Popularization and Localization: A Local Tabloid Newspaper Market in Transition Hans Hendrischke Chapter 6 From Barrooms to Teahouses: Commercial Nightlife in Hainan Since1988 Feng Chongyi Chapter 7 Ethno-consumerism as Cultural Production: Making Space for Miao Style Louisa Schein Chapter 8 Anhui Baomu in Shanghai: Gender, Class, and a Sense of Place Wanning Sun Chapter 9 The Pornographic City Tani E. Barlow Bibliography