Chinese youth identities in Cao Fei's contemporary photography

Seminar Paper , 2009 , 28 Pages , Grade: 6 (Schweiz)

Art - Photography and Film

The paper investigates the construction of Chinese youth identities in the photography work of Chinese artist Cao Fei. For this purpose, the author first offers an overview of the current debates on cultural globalization, to go on discussing local and global aspects of Cao Feis work.

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Biography of Cao Fei

3 Life in a Changing China
3.1 Theories of cultural globalization
3.2 Negotiating Chinese youth identities
3.3 Chinese youth identities and Storage Box (2001) and Fresh (2002)
3.4 Escaping alienation into Utopia: The Cosplayers (2004) series

4 The local and the global
4.1 Chinese art discourse
4.2 Positioning Cao in a local and global art discourse

5 Conclusions

Bibliography

Photo credits

Illustrations

• College: University of Zurich (Kunsthistorisches Institut)
• Course: Global Issues in Contemporary Photography: The Politics of the Big Picture
• Grade: 6 (Schweiz)
• Author: Simon Meier (Author)
• Publication Year: 2009
• Pages: 28
• Catalog Number: V151888
• ISBN (eBook): 9783640640850
• ISBN (Book): 9783640640980
• Language: English
• Tags: Chinese, Storage, Fresh, Cosplayers