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 |
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Other Authors: | School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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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 |
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