Yikun Zhao
Biographic Data
| ID | 6788349 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yikun Zhao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yikun |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhao |
| SIGNATURE | ZHAO Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7406-5320 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Portrait of the Modern Butler as an Emergent Professional Type in Mainland China
This article analyses the emergent professional type of modern butler in mainland China from an Eliasian figurational perspective, against the backdrop of the changing power balances between social groups along with the rise of China’s High Net Worth Individuals in the post-reform era. It paints a portrait of the modern butler by drawing on ethnographic observation and interviews conducted at a butler training institute. This emergent professiona…
Crazy Rich Asians
Crazy Rich Asians (2018) has been hailed as a symbol of diversity representation, but it has also been challenged for the lack of representativeness. This review analyzes the controversy from two aspects. It traces how this film was made into a progressive symbol of diversity representation through riding sociocultural trends about the rise of Asia and the anti-whitewashing campaign. It also shows that this film tells a classic Cinderella story w…
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Crazy Rich Asians
Crazy Rich Asians (2018) has been hailed as a symbol of diversity representation, but it has also been challenged for the lack of representativeness. This review analyzes the controversy from two aspects. It traces how this film was made into a progressive symbol of diversity representation through riding sociocultural trends about the rise of Asia and the anti-whitewashing campaign. It also shows that this film tells a classic Cinderella story w…
A Portrait of the Modern Butler as an Emergent Professional Type in Mainland China
This article analyses the emergent professional type of modern butler in mainland China from an Eliasian figurational perspective, against the backdrop of the changing power balances between social groups along with the rise of China’s High Net Worth Individuals in the post-reform era. It paints a portrait of the modern butler by drawing on ethnographic observation and interviews conducted at a butler training institute. This emergent professiona…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · China (1 work)