The Illusion of Emergency and the Future of Cultural Studies: Thirty Years of Cultural Studies and Cultural Criticism in Mainland China

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2017, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 86-96.

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The Illusion of Emergency and the Future of Cultural Studies: Thirty Years of Cultural Studies and Cultural Criticism in Mainland China

Zhou Zhiqiang

School of Literature at Nankai University

Online:2017-09-25 Published:2018-10-17
About author:Zhou Zhiqiang is a professor in the School of Literature at Nankai University. His areas of academic specialty are contemporary Chinese mass culture and Literary Studies.
Supported by:
the National Philosophical and Social Science Fund General Project (No. 13BZW006)

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Abstract: Since 30 years ago, cultural studies in mainland China has established its own history, theoretical characteristics and framework of inquiries thanks to the introduction of Western theory, discussions of Chinese issues, and the engagement of active dialogue with international cultural studies. Chinese cultural studies started with a critical consciousness, then activated the drives of anti-authoritarianism, and generated an illusion of emergency. Today, it has outgrown the paradigm of the 1950s, and must establish new theories and thoughts on the basis of a new sense of criticism.

Key words: cultural studies in mainland China, cultural criticism, resistance, urgency, activism

Zhou Zhiqiang . The Illusion of Emergency and the Future of Cultural Studies: Thirty Years of Cultural Studies and Cultural Criticism in Mainland China[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2017, 37(5): 86-96.

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