| Title: | 88 Bar |
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| Description: | The English-language blog, 88 Bar, covers observations of popular culture posted by its experienced contributors. The website is little more than a series of posts, gateways and video and image files, but provides a helpful overview of cultural currents for those living outside China. 88 Bar was created by Chinese-born graphic designer, Jason Li, and Lyn Jeffery, a research director at Institute for the Future, who has spent more than 25 years covering mainland Chinese affairs. Posts on 88 Bar cover such subjects as: internet gaming; modern art; photography; television; music; and Western attitudes towards China. However, the blog also covers current affairs, and has observations on: Chinese education; ethnic unrest; censorship; and the Chinese police. Although not a 'scholarly' resource in the traditional sense, 88 Bar has much to offer the student of Chinese popular culture and cultural and media studies. It contains a great many gateways to similar resources of interest, and picks out phenomonen (such as web pages or YouTube excerpts) currently circulating in China. Although its vernacular may offend some, it is a valuable (albeit subjective) introduction to Chinese trends. |
| Keywords - controlled: | popular culture; blogs; Internet; censorship; television; media; China; music; journalism; |
| Keywords - uncontrolled: | gaming |
| Type: | Blogs; Images; Moving images; Sound |
| URL: | http://www.88-bar.com/ |
| Classification: |
Modern languages and area studies > Asia > China > Cultural studies Modern languages and area studies > Asia > China > Media studies |
| Resource creator: | Li, Jason (Author) |
| Resource creator: | Jeffery, Lyn (Author) |
| Country of origin: | United States |
| Period: | 2000 - present |
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