{"id":2609,"date":"2014-05-05T09:30:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T01:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2609"},"modified":"2014-04-25T09:57:22","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T01:57:22","slug":"heather-inwoods-verse-going-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2609","title":{"rendered":"Heather Inwood’s Verse Going Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

New from University of Washington Press–Heather Inwood’s Verse Going Viral: China\u2019s New Media Scenes<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Verse Going Viral examines what happens when poetry, a central pillar of traditional Chinese culture, encounters an era of digital media and unabashed consumerism in the early twenty-first century. Heather Inwood sets out to unravel a paradox surrounding modern Chinese poetry: while poetry as a representation of high culture is widely assumed to be marginalized to the point of \u201cdeath,\u201d poetry activity flourishes across the country, benefiting from China\u2019s continued self-identity as a \u201cnation of poetry\u201d (shiguo) and from the interactive opportunities created by the internet and other forms of participatory media. Through a cultural studies approach that treats poetry as a social rather than a purely textual form, Inwood considers how meaning is created and contested both within China\u2019s media-savvy poetry scenes and by members of the public, who treat poetry with a combination of reverence and ridicule.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click the image above for more information, including purchasing and ordering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New from University of Washington Press–Heather Inwood’s Verse Going Viral: China\u2019s New Media Scenes. Verse Going Viral examines what happens when poetry, a central pillar of traditional Chinese culture, encounters an era of digital media and unabashed consumerism in the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[784],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-G5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2666,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2666","url_meta":{"origin":2609,"position":0},"title":"Power to the People? Heather Inwood on Contemporary Chinese Poetry at HKU","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"June 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This paper adopts a cultural studies lens to examine the often fraught relationship between China\u2019s poetry scenes and members of the public, exploring key media dynamics and social practices that shape the writing, publication, and reception of modern Chinese poetry in the age of the Internet. I argue that so-called\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Links"","block_context":{"text":"Links","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2605,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2605","url_meta":{"origin":2609,"position":1},"title":"Heather Inwood: In China today, does poetry still matter?","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"May 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"In advance of her Verse Going Viral: China\u2019s New Media Scenes, Heather Inwood blogs for University of Washington Press on the place of poetry in China today. Here's how she concludes: Yet the move toward accessibility hasn\u2019t always pleased the public. Making written poetry sound like everyday speech was supposed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Links"","block_context":{"text":"Links","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3035,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3035","url_meta":{"origin":2609,"position":2},"title":"Heather Inwood at China Digital Times","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"February 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The China Digital Times interviews Heather Inwood over her new book, Verse Going Viral (University of Washington Press, 2014). Here's a sample Q & A: CDT: Your book addresses the question of whether Chinese poetry is a \u201cliterature in crisis\u201d in a \u201cpoetry country.\u201d Other nations also pride themselves on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Links"","block_context":{"text":"Links","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/at-Emmas-wedding_2-243x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3320,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3320","url_meta":{"origin":2609,"position":3},"title":"Heather Inwood on Chinese Poetry in the Age of the Internet","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"January 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The newest issue of Chinese Literature Today features Heather Inwood on \"Poetry for the People? Modern Chinese Poetry in the Age of the Internet.\" Here's a pull quote: In China, existing discussions of media gatekeeping focus overwhelmingly on questions related to free speech and government censorship. It is important to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Links"","block_context":{"text":"Links","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ou.edu\/clt\/05-01\/images\/inwood-Verse-Going-Viral.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3125,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3125","url_meta":{"origin":2609,"position":4},"title":"A New Golden Age for Chinese Poetry?","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"April 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"PRI has published an article on the thriving contemporary Chinese poetry scene. Here's a taste: As in other spheres, the Internet has proven a huge democratizing force in the world of Chinese poetry, leveling the playing field for migrant workers and millionaires alike. But love of verse was already there.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Links"","block_context":{"text":"Links","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3094,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3094","url_meta":{"origin":2609,"position":5},"title":"Van Crevel reviews Inwood’s Verse Going Viral","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"March 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Maghiel van Crevel reviews Verse Going Viral by Heather Inwood in the latest Asiascape. Click the image to access the full review.","rel":"","context":"In "Links"","block_context":{"text":"Links","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"Preview","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksandjournals.brillonline.com\/docserver\/preview\/journals\/22142312\/2\/1-2\/22142312_002_01-02_s011_text-1.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610,"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609\/revisions\/2610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}