All Outputs (3)

Rappers as Knights-Errant: Classic Allusions in the Mainstreaming of Chinese Rap (2019)
Journal Article
Sullivan, J., & Zhao, Y. (in press). Rappers as Knights-Errant: Classic Allusions in the Mainstreaming of Chinese Rap. Popular Music and Society, 44(3), 274-291. https://doi.org/10.1080/03007766.2019.1704476

Through our analysis of the performances and corpus of lyrics produced on the Reality TV show The Rap of China, we investigate how discrete Chinese inflections refract globally resonant hip-hop themes such as representations of masculinity and loyalt... Read More about Rappers as Knights-Errant: Classic Allusions in the Mainstreaming of Chinese Rap.

China’s Football Dream: Sport, Citizenship, Symbolic Power, and Civic Spaces (2019)
Journal Article
Sullivan, J., Chadwick, S., & Gow, M. (2019). China’s Football Dream: Sport, Citizenship, Symbolic Power, and Civic Spaces. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 43(6), 493-514. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193723519867588

This article examines the mobilization of football in relation to Chinese state-building projects. Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of “symbolic power” is applied to frame policy analysis of China’s 2016-2050 National Football Plan and narrative analysis of... Read More about China’s Football Dream: Sport, Citizenship, Symbolic Power, and Civic Spaces.

The co-evolution of media and politics in Taiwan: implications for political communications (2019)
Journal Article
Sullivan, J. (2019). The co-evolution of media and politics in Taiwan: implications for political communications. International Journal of Taiwan Studies, 2(1), 85-110. https://doi.org/10.1163/24688800-00201005

Over the course of democratisation, Taiwan’s communications environment has experienced significant changes. Liberalisation and commercialisation of the media, and the emergence and popularisation of digital, have substantially altered the informatio... Read More about The co-evolution of media and politics in Taiwan: implications for political communications.