Liu, Jin, 1974 August-

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.

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Mass media and language--China.
Local mass media--China.
Mass media and minorities--China.
Communication and culture--China.
Chinese language--Dialects.


China--Languages.


Electronic books.

P96.L342 / C4325 2013eb

302.23/0951