Diaosi as infrapolitics : scatological tropes, identity-making and cultural intimacy on China's internet
This paper examines a recent bizarre phenomenon on China’s Internet—the enormous popularity of a scatological Chinese neologism called diaosi, which literally translates as ‘dick string’. Seeing the diaosi phenomenon as a case of ‘infrapolitics’, a space of nuanced discursive practices mediating ove...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1072992019-12-06T22:28:24Z Diaosi as infrapolitics : scatological tropes, identity-making and cultural intimacy on China's internet Yang, Peidong Tang, Lijun Wang, Xuan School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Culture This paper examines a recent bizarre phenomenon on China’s Internet—the enormous popularity of a scatological Chinese neologism called diaosi, which literally translates as ‘dick string’. Seeing the diaosi phenomenon as a case of ‘infrapolitics’, a space of nuanced discursive practices mediating overt online politics and benign online entertainment, we analyze the ways in which an infrapolitical practice such as the diaosi phenomenon fuses political critique, cultural processes of identity construction and meaning-making as well as cyber ritual communion. Specifically, we interpret the infrapolitics of diaosi as simultaneously: an instantiation of a prevalent scatological online culture that defies hypernormalization; a collective identity-making that seeks to create critical social solidarity; and a practice and politics of cultural intimacy. Accepted version 2015-04-22T04:08:31Z 2019-12-06T22:28:24Z 2015-04-22T04:08:31Z 2019-12-06T22:28:24Z 2014 2014 Journal Article Yang, P., Tang, L., & Wang, X. (2015). Diaosi as infrapolitics : scatological tropes, identity-making and cultural intimacy on China's internet. Media, culture & society, 37(2), 197-214. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107299 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25438 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0163443714557980 en Media, culture & society © 2014 The Authors. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication in Media, Culture & Society, published by SAGE Publications on behalf of The Authors. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [Article DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0163443714557980]. 18 p. application/pdf |
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This paper examines a recent bizarre phenomenon on China’s Internet—the enormous popularity of a scatological Chinese neologism called diaosi, which literally translates as ‘dick string’. Seeing the diaosi phenomenon as a case of ‘infrapolitics’, a space of nuanced discursive practices mediating overt online politics and benign online entertainment, we analyze the ways in which an infrapolitical practice such as the diaosi phenomenon fuses political critique, cultural processes of identity construction and meaning-making as well as cyber ritual communion. Specifically, we interpret the infrapolitics of diaosi as simultaneously: an instantiation of a prevalent scatological online culture that defies hypernormalization; a collective identity-making that seeks to create critical social solidarity; and a practice and politics of cultural intimacy. |
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