Readings

Mikhail, Baktin.  (1994) Carnival Ambivalence, in P. Morris (ed.), The Bakhtin Reader:  Selected Writings of Bakhtin, Medvedev and Voloshinov, pp.195-199, Edward Arnold.

Henry Siling Li. (2009) The turn to the self: From ‘‘Big Character Posters’’ to YouTube videos, Chinese Journal of Communication, pp. 54-56, vol. 2:1.

Reading questions:  Don’t Overdo Your Responses

1.  What is Baktin’s theory of the carnivalesque?

2.  For Chinese youth, how are these spoof videos a form of the carnivalesque?

3.  What might you consider forms of the carnivalesque among young adults?

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