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dc.title | THE STATE AND INTELLECTUAL APPROPRIATION OF “FOLK” IN EARLY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY CHINA | |
dc.contributor.author | WANG JIABAO | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-20T18:00:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-20T18:00:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-01-14 | |
dc.identifier.citation | WANG JIABAO (2020-01-14). THE STATE AND INTELLECTUAL APPROPRIATION OF “FOLK” IN EARLY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY CHINA. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/173196 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis analyzes how the idea of “folk” is used in discourse by the state and intellectuals to gain internal legitimacy and to reposition themselves globally in early twenty-first century China. By interrogating the discourse of “folk” as intangible cultural heritage and art, this thesis seeks to understand the role of “folk” in re-constituting Chinese culture and the Chinese nation. Throughout history, “folk” has been signified as the rural, the superstitious, and the feudal, all of which hinged on different socio-political conditions. To grasp the invented and discursive nature of the idea of “folk,” I regard this discursive regime as “folkism.” By using folkism, I hope to reveal the power and domination of language-games in shaping the way in which “folk” is discussed in public and academic spheres. I argue that “folk” is consequently cemented into a position that is immobile and tangential to what it intends to represent. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.subject | folk culture, intangible cultural heritage, folkism, China, state, intellectuals | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.department | COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA | |
dc.contributor.supervisor | Pei Siong, Daniel Goh | |
dc.description.degree | Ph.D | |
dc.description.degreeconferred | DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (FASS) | |
dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-8542-9073 | |
Appears in Collections: | Ph.D Theses (Open) |
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