Disorder, Identity, and Fusion — A Cultural Interpretation of Tuwei Videos

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10.2991/assehr.k.210106.043How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Tuwei video, structure, disorder, identity, fusion

Abstract

In recent years, Tuwei (“土味”: The word is usually used to describe something tacky, not in line with the trend, not fashionable) videos have set off a wave of Tuwei culture on the Internet. This paper uses anthropological theory to interpret this emerging cultural phenomenon on the basis of participating observations and document analysis. The Tuwei video is a disorderly manifestation of young people in small towns drifting between the current urban and rural cultural structures in China. During its development, it forms a unique symbol system and cultural identity, and to a certain extent, as a state of fusion, dispels the pressure brought by the structure. The focus of this paper is to use the anthropological theory to explain the cultural reasons for the popularity of Tuwei videos.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Linpeng Chen
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/01/06
TI  - Disorder, Identity, and Fusion — A Cultural Interpretation of Tuwei Videos
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 220
EP  - 226
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210106.043
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210106.043
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