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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Main Authors: Yang, Peidong, Tang, Lijun, Wang, Xuan
Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107299
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25438
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0163443714557980
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English

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