par Richaud-Berthoumieu, Lisa 
;Nordin, Astrid
Référence Harvard East Asian Society Graduate Student Conference (24 février au 26 février 2012: Harvard, United-States)
Publication Non publié, 2012-02-25
;Nordin, AstridRéférence Harvard East Asian Society Graduate Student Conference (24 février au 26 février 2012: Harvard, United-States)
Publication Non publié, 2012-02-25
Communication à un colloque
| Résumé : | While the promotion of "Harmony" (hexie) in Chinese official discourse is widelyregarded as a feature of state propaganda and censorship, scarce attention has been paid to the reception and redeployment of such language among Chinese citizens. The often creative and ironic reappropriation of official language in everyday speech practices, both on the Internet and in conversations with peers, is an important aspect of Chinese language/politics and deserves careful examination. Most current works have regarded these discursive practices in terms of a resistance to "harmonization" or, following a Bakhtinian reading, as "carnival." We argue that such approaches do not fully take into consideration actors' actual experience of consuming and producing this cultural expression. Based on semi-structured interviews with Chinese university students conducted in 2009-2011, this paper shifts away from the dominant presumptions about the role of ironic reiterations of official language, in order to highlight how their presumed repoliticization also involves a depoliticization, reflecting the complexity and ambiguity of the relationships they negotiate. |
