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philipjfang.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Colby College. Studying culture, creativity, globalization, state censorship, ethnography, and China. Writing a book on China’s engagement with Hollywood. philipjunfang.com
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Looking forward 👍

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

Kicking off the first day of classes by giving the students in my Contemporary Chinese Society seminar red envelopes 💸💸 🧧 from the funniest Ronny Chieng

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Is the TikTok saga a drama or a comedy? Or the perfect dramedy? 😅

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Even more inspiring, the filmmakers of "Sing Sing" experimented with an alternative model of film financing—paying everyone on set, from PAs to the director and star, the same wage and giving all equity. In an industry rife with inequality, it’s refreshing to see some folks pushing for real change.

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Just watched A24's "Sing Sing," a powerful film about incarcerated men finding purpose by acting. It brought me back to a piece I wrote for the NYTimes a decade ago, featuring Tim Robbins and his team’s inspiring work using theater to help inmates rebuild their lives. cn.nytimes.com/education/20...

submitted 129 days ago • 1 comment

White Christmas 🎄❄️

submitted 132 days ago • 1 comment

The entire December issue of our flagship journal is quantitative. And among the seven articles, six are solely about the United States.

submitted 134 days ago • 3 comments

My new book (Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in China) drops! Wanna know how China gained capacities dealing with COVID-19? Why gay rights can be illiberal? Etc. check it out! www.amazon.com/Authoritaria...

submitted 145 days ago • 6 comments

It’s grading season, and this poem hits close to home for many of us 😅

submitted 150 days ago • 1 comment

This new book, Authoritarian Absorption, by @yanlong-soc.bsky.social is my most anticipated read of the year! It’s a must-read for anyone interested in transnational institutions, public health (HIV/AIDS policy in China), and authoritarianism. 📚👍

submitted 152 days ago • 2 comments

Part 1 of our special issue "Thirty Years of the Internet in China" is out, open-access, with 10 articles & an Introduction journals.sagepub.com/toc/ctpa/9/4. The remaining 14 pieces are out OnlineFirst. Thank you to our contributors! @annenbergpenn.bsky.social @cdcspenn.bsky.social

submitted 153 days ago • 0 comments

I was quoted in this very interesting story on nationalism among overseas Chinese youth. Why and how do some young nationalists start questioning their unwavering loyalty? Read Shen’s report.

submitted 155 days ago • 0 comments

I created a starter pack for sociologists studying China: go.bsky.app/NetJdDm. We study China’s labor, gender, family, inequality, organizations, education, professions, media, civil society, protests, immigration, as well as politics and history. Let me know if you want to be added (or removed).

submitted 167 days ago • 14 comments

In these troubling times, we should return to Stuart Hall, a remarkable political thinker and cultural analyst. #socialtheory #sociology

submitted 216 days ago • 2 comments

The article is out in ASR! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Forthcoming in ASR: “The Culture of Censorship.” In it, I develop a micro-sociological model of censorship and coin the term “complicit creativity” that captures the censor-creator symbiosis. 🎬

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