Sökning: "chinese modernity"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden chinese modernity.

1. 1. Shaping the Meaning of Chinese Music Subcultures

   Författare :Yiren Zhao; Sam de Boise; Ulrik Volgsten; David Hesmondhalgh; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Music subculture; resistance; authenticity; Chinese metal; Chinese rap; Chinese rock; Chinese punk; Beijing music; music affect; Chinese modernity;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on the meaning of Chinese music subcultures, includingChinese metal, rap, rock, and punk styles; and how is the meaning shaped by Chinese participants in the Chinese context, which is represented by the context of Beijing. This project is motivated by addressing the gaps that exist between dominant Anglo-American subcultural theories and explaining contemporary Chinese individuals’ practices. LÄS MER

3. 2. Salvation and Modernity : Intellectuals and Faith in Contemporary China

   Författare :Fredrik Fällman; Torbjörn Lodén; Huilin Yang; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; China; culture; Christianity; intellectuals; salvation; faith; modernity; identity; Chinese language; Kinesiska;

   Sammanfattning : Christianity, as a religion and as an ethical system, is increasingly important in China today. An analysis of intellectuals and faith is vital to understanding the contemporary intellectual climate in China. LÄS MER

4. 3. Conflicts and Contracts : Chinese Intergenerational Relations in Modern Singapore

   Författare :Kristina Göransson; Socialantropologi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Southeast Asia; Anthropology; Social change; Modernity; Filial piety; Intergenerational contract; Chinese families; Generations; Singapore; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Sociologi; Kulturantropologi; etnologi;

   Sammanfattning : The main purpose of this thesis is to examine the impact of social change on Chinese intergenerational relations in contemporary Singapore. Within only three decades, Singapore has turned into a wealthy and sophisticated metropolis with a highly educated labor force. LÄS MER

5. 4. Changing the Colours of the World. Modernism and Modernity in Chinese Drama and Film, 1919-1937

   Författare :Rebecka Eriksson; Kinesiska; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; China; modernity; modernism; drama; film; 1920s; 1930s;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines the role of modernism and modernity in Chinese spoken drama and film during the years between the May Fourth Movement and the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War. This influence is traced through close readings of a selection of works in different categories, underlining relevant themes and structures that are recurring in both drama and film. LÄS MER

7. 5. Slippery paths : The performance and canonization of Turkic literature and Uyghur muqam song in Islam and modernity

   Författare :Nathan Light; USA IN Indiana University; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Folklore; Song; Islam; Muqam; Modernity; Language; literature and linguistics; Social sciences; Turkic; Canonization; Middle Eastern literature; Uyghur; Performance; China; Asian literature; Turkic languages; Turkiska språk; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Religionshistoria; History of Religions;

   Sammanfattning : In the past forty years the fluid Uyghur muqam song tradition has been transformed into a cultural canon used to represent the Uyghur ethnic group within China and on the world stage. Traditional muqam performers have provided the magma of songs that scholars and politicians have edited into an invented "great tradition" which supports a Uyghur claim to an important piece world cultural history. LÄS MER