{"product_id":"9781350475021","title":"Structures of Affect Gender and Political Culture in China","description":"\u003ch3\u003eQueering China: Transnational Genders and Sexualities\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eStructures of Affect\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eGender and Political Culture in China\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJinyan Zeng | Hongwei Bao | Xibai Xu | Jamie J. Zhao\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Ethnic Studies \/ Asian Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines the central role of affect and gender in shaping personality, community, nationhood and political discourse in contemporary China. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on (auto)ethnography, interviews, films, podcasts, and cultural and artistic productions from the 2000s to 2025, this book demonstrates how authoritarian rule is sustained through complex affective mechanisms, while also tracing the subtle, everyday forms of affective resistance that emerge within and against these structures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProposing 'structures of affect' as its analytical framework, the study investigates how the formative experiences of China's ruling elites cultivated an enduring 'affective attachment' to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a process that reinforces authoritarian legitimacy. At the same time, it reveals how latent hierarchy, gendered violence and forms of 'affective antagonism' within activist communities have reproduced the very sexism and authoritarian practices that their activism seeks to oppose. Through this examination, the book highlights the practices of affective negotiation at the grassroots level, including Sinophone-Tibetan feminist podcasting, the 'affective queering' of community-making, self-making and solidarity among the younger generation, and the 'affective suffering' captured in cinematic responses to the Russo-Ukrainian War and China's COVID-19 governance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUltimately, this book offers a nuanced account of political culture as lived, embodied and emotionally mediated practice. It concludes by advocating a feminist ethics of care and envisioning alternative modes of living and political engagement in repressive contexts, grounded in a transformative affective ethos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJinyan Zeng\u003c\/b\u003e is a Substitute Senior Lecturer at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eXibai Xu \u003c\/b\u003eis an independent researcher based in China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 April 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350475021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e176\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223588405388,"sku":"9781350475021","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_79b6570f-4da2-4b36-9a3a-db4b15417f3d.jpg?v=1783078167","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350475021","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}