Cultural Expression and Subjectivity of Chinese Peasants - Paperback

by Sha Yao (Author)

This volume investigates how Chinese peasants express their culture and adapt to social change. The author's research consists of participant observation and interviews of shadow puppetry artists in Guanzhong, China, illustrating how peasant artists have adapted to the historical and social changes.

Author Biography

Sha Yao is an associate professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and an associate research fellow at the Institute of Journalism and Communication, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China. He focuses his research on rural communication, communication ethnography, the political economy of communication, and so on.