Signifying the local : media productions rendered in local languages in mainland China in the new millennium /
by Jin Liu.
- 1 online resource (325 pages).
- China studies, volume 25 1570-1344 ; .
- China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 25. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- A historical review of the discourse of the local in twentieth-century China -- An overview of television series productions in the 2000s -- Alternative translation: performativity in dubbing films in local languages -- Empowering local community: TV news talk shows in local languages -- Ambivalent laughter: comic sketches in CCTV's spring festival eve gala -- Popular music and local youth identity in the age of the Internet -- The rhetoric of local languages as the marginal: Chinese underground and independent films by Jia Zhangke and others -- Multiplicity in mainstream studio films in local languages -- The unassimilated voice in recent fiction in local languages -- Conclusion.
9789004259027 (e-book)
Mass media and language--China. Local mass media--China. Mass media and minorities--China. Communication and culture--China. Chinese language--Dialects.