Soft nationalism and China: A case study of nationalism in short videos by US-Chinese rapper MC Jin.

In this article we introduce the concept of soft nationalism through a case-study analysis of short videos by US-born rapper MC Jin (Jin Au-Yeung), who is of Chinese background. Jin's creative output, we argue, with its cross-cultural and grassroots invocations of Chinese identity, ethnicity, tradit...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Cultural Studies Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 234 - 251
Autores principales: Xiao, Jian, Davis, Mark, Dong, Xinxin
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Sage Publications, Ltd. Mar2024
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          Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
          2281 The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
          12377 Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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