Leisure and Power in Urban China

Everyday life in a medium-size Chinese city

Bibliographic Data

ID19903152
AuthorsUnn Målfrid Rolandsen (corresponding author), Unn Målfrid H Rolandsen
Year2011
Pages222
Publication date2011-03-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueLeisure and power in urban China (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203818770
OpenAlexW4245070074
Open LibraryOL33755486M
ISBN9780203818770
LanguageEN
Citations received18

Leisure and Power in Urban China is the first comprehensive study of leisure activities in a medium size Chinese city. Hitherto, studies of Chinese leisure have focused on holidays, festivals and tourism. This, however, is a study of the kinds of leisure that take place on regular workdays in a local environment of Quanzhou city. In doing so, Leisure and Power introduces leisure studies to China studies, and data from China to the field of Leisure studies. Based on interviews with people from all walks of life and case studies from bookshops, internet bars, Karaoke parlours, streets and public squares, Rolandsen brings to attention the importance of fun and socializing in the lives of Chinese urbanites. Central to the study is the contrast between popular practices and official discourse. Rolandsen provides in-depth analyses of the moralist "PRC leisure ethic" so characteristic of official Chinese publications and news media. Using examples from everyday life as a contrast, this study demonstrates that official propaganda has but little influence on how Chinese individuals lead their lives. Taking leisure as a point of departure, this book describes the new kinds of interaction between the local party-state and the population it seeks to govern. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese Studies, Leisure Studies, Urban Studies and Asian Studies in general

Archaeology · China · Economic geography · Geography · Power (physics) · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Japanese History and Culture · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Anthropology · City and town life · Cultural · Cultural Policy · Leisure · Loisir · Political science · politics and government · Popular Culture · Public policy · Quanzhou Shi · Recreation · Social conditions · Social policy · Social Science · Sociologie urbaine · Sociology - Urban · Urban Sociology · Vie urbaine

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