Between business and morality: cultural politics in independent bookshops in China     

Zheng Liu 《Journal of Cultural Economy》2020,13(4):461-474

ABSTRACT

This article investigates how cultural businesses may facilitate contentious political activity in authoritarian contexts. Existing research in Western liberal democracies has shown the widespread political activism of actors in the cultural and creative industries. Whether such activism exists in authoritarian society, how it may differ in character and form, and what implications this will have for our understanding of relations between business, politics, and culture in authoritarian countries remain to be addressed. Drawing on data collected from 55 ‘independent bookshops’ in China, I illustrate how these organisations perform ‘cultural politics,’ a type of political participation in which actors employ mainly symbolic means to express social and political concerns. The organisations’ economic relations and conditions facilitate their efforts to create spaces in which contentious questions can be raised, sensitive topics explored, and alternative ideas expressed, despite the Chinese state’s political regulation of the cultural sphere. The finding of the economic embeddedness of cultural politics sheds new light on our understanding of the political economy of cultural businesses in contemporary China.  相似文献   

‘Nowhere that fits’: the dilemmas of school choice for parents of children with Statements of special educational needs (SEN) in England     

Meanu Bajwa‐Patel  Cristina Devecchi 《Support for Learning》2014,29(2):117-135

Giving parents a choice with regard to their children's education has been central to the political discourse of school reform at least since the 1988 Education Reform Act (ERA). With regard to children with a Statement of special educational needs (SSEN), a plethora of policies and laws have given parents the right not only to choose a school, but also to appeal to decisions in the best interest of their children. Yet, despite the discourse of school choice, the implementation and practice of such reforms is neither assured nor simple. Participants in this study indicated that they have little choice of suitable provision and are having to compromise either the academic or the social aspects of their child's schooling. This article argues that for many parents whose children have a Statement of SEN, the choice of a school is often a dilemma, as ‘nowhere seems to fit’.  相似文献   

《新视野大学英语》读写教程选材之我见     

石晓红 《鸡西大学学报》2011,11(3):17-18

《新视野大学英语》是目前高校普遍选择的非英语专业教材。基本上该教材能够体现当今社会的发展趋势,且能够抓住社会热点。而该系列教材的读写教程的选材方面存在着某些不足,例如主题不一致,难易程度错位及因内容选材和习题带来的文化不安。  相似文献   

纪录片《话说长江》和《再说长江》创作理念与风格之比较     

《信阳师范学院学报(哲学社会科学版)》2016,(2):104-107

《话说长江》和《再说长江》是两部以长江为题材的电视纪录片,创作者站在时代的高度用镜头对现代中国进行审美观照与深情抒写,具有鲜明的时代特点,体现了不同时期的不同的创作理念和文化个性。  相似文献   

海城尚氏宗谱文化探析     

王小梦 《齐齐哈尔师范高等专科学校学报》2014,(1):100-102

海城尚氏祭祖自清初至今已有三百余年。平南王尚可喜于晚年开始着手编著尚氏宗谱,定祖训,及至尚王逝世,宗祠、陵园逐渐修建,尚氏家族的祭祖仪式逐日发展完善。随着时代的发展,尚氏家祭仪式也有所损益,宗谱文化与社会更加契合融汇,具有了更为广泛的文化内涵。  相似文献   

多元一体国家格局下的族群互动与身份重构——以丽江为研究个案     

杨杰宏 《南宁师范高等专科学校学报》2013,(2):5-10

族群身份重构是在社会文化变迁、历史记忆重构、族群认同等多种历史文化因素共同作用的结果。明清以来,多元一体的国家格局的深化,促进了内地移民与丽江纳西族之间的文化互动与融合,推动了族群身份的重构与地方文化多样性发展,对纳西族的文化变迁及发展产生了积极意义。族群认同、身份建构与国家认同之间不是彼此消长、二元对立关系,而是彼此互构、辩证统一的关系。  相似文献   

浅析赫尔德思想中的多样性统一特点——以其语言、文化及民族思想为例     

李晨曦 《绥化学院学报》2012,(1):133-136

启蒙时代思想家赫尔德没有沉醉在知识和理性带给人们希望的幻影之中,而是冷静地对当时启蒙理性主义进行反思,力求开创出一个多样性、多元化的时代。同时,赫尔德认为,这些对浪漫主义运动有着重大指导意义的多元化思想都有其统一性,因为,真正的统一性只有在差异性中才能体现出来。  相似文献   

文化背景知识与大学英语阅读教学     

刘金侠 《临沂师范学院学报》2002,24(2):130-133

阅读能力在《大学英语教学大纲》中是第一层次的要求。掌握文章相关的文化背景知识对于学生正确理解文章内涵，提高阅读能力有很大的帮助。在大学英语阅读教学中应把文化背景知识的传播融入教学的始终。  相似文献   

中英亲属称谓语言的跨文化透视     

刘葭 《湖南广播电视大学学报》2003,(1):87-88

称谓语使用最频繁的用语之一，对它的了解和把握是恰当使用语言进行交际的重要因素，在跨化交际中更需要掌握不同语言中称谓语所体现的化差异，才能成功地进行交际。  相似文献   

社会资本与文化资本视野下的现代学校制度变革   总被引：11，自引：0，他引：11  

盛冰 《教育研究》2006,(1)

社会阶层与教育获得之间存在着密切的联系。由于社会分层、社会流动以及家庭结构的变迁,导致人们之间社会资本与文化资本的差别日益扩大,从而使教育不平等问题愈加凸显。在某种程度上,一个好的学校制度能够降低出身的不平等或者降低家庭背景的重要性,因此,当今学校制度改革的一个重要方面就是弥补人们之间社会资本与文化资本方面的差异,即通过建立“公平教室”、创建“功能共同体”、改革考试制度等,以促进教育平等。  相似文献