Ideology and the performance of Chineseness

Hong Kong singers on the CCTV stage

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ID14970686
AuthorsLauren Gorfinkel (0000-0002-8402-4848, University of Technology, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume12
Issue2
Pages107-128
Publication date2012-01-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePerfect Beat (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1038-2909 • E-ISSN: 1836-0343
PublisherEquinox Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1558/prbt.v12i2.107
OpenAlexW2099925133
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited27

This article examines the construction of Chinese nationalism through song performances on China’s national network, China Central Television (CCTV), with a particular focus on the accommodation of Hong Kong singers. It contributes to the body of knowledge on televised musical performances in Asia, a subject on which there is limited research. I examine two performances by Hong Kong singers on CCTV’s travelling programme The Same Song in 2007, the year China celebrated ten years since the end of British sovereignty over Hong Kong. I argue that singers who are identified as hailing from Hong Kong perform different but overlapping ideological roles for Party-state television. They appear to offer audiences a sense of freshness and modernity, and therefore help the Party-state project an image of open-mindedness and inclusivity. In addition, their songs serve to ease audiences into paying attention to the more overt ideological messages presented through the programme’s dialogue segments

Aesthetics · Art · China · Ideology · Media studies · Modernity · Musical · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sovereignty · State (computer science · Subject (documents · Visual arts · Asian Culture and Media Studies · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia

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