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Podcast: New Books in Literary Studies
Episode: Thomas Chen, "Made in Censorship: The Tiananmen Movement in Chinese Literature and Film" (Columbia UP, 2022)
Description: Hello, world! This is the Global Media & Communication podcast series.In this episode, our host Ignatius Suglo discusses the book Made in Censorship: The Tiananmen Movement in Chinese Literature and Film (Columbia University Press, 2022) by Thomas Chen.Youâll hear about:
Authorâs intellectual and professional trajectory that led him to the book;
How to study Tiananmen Movement as a media event through a careful selection of literature and film materials;
How to think of the productivity of silence and absence;
The use of âpositive energyâ in mobilizing censorship;
Human labor and the idea of âworkshopâ...