Peng, Yuzhu (Altman) (2019) Sharing food photographs on social media : performative Xiaozi lifestyle in Young, middle-class Chinese urbanites’ WeChat ‘Moments’. Social Identities, 25 (2). pp. 269-287. doi:10.1080/13504630.2017.1414596 ISSN 1350-4630.
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Abstract
Sharing food photographs on social media is on the rise. This act has become increasingly popular in younger generation urban Chinese users’ everyday use of WeChat, the popular social media application. In this article, I argue that self-presentation provides an angle to understand aspects of young, middle-class urbanites’ food-photograph sharing. This article comprises an eight-month project, conducting netnographic research of 16 young, middle-class Chinese urbanites’ WeChat usage. Through the netnographic research, I discovered that, by displaying geotagged snapshots of food, these young urbanites disclose their everyday consumer experience in particular urban spaces. Aspects of this practice feed into these urbanites’ performance of Xiaozi tastes, facilitating the self-presentation of their class distinction. The outcomes of the research provide a glimpse into the interplay between post-reform consumerism, Xiaozi lifestyle, and social media usage in the urban, middle-class Chinese younger generation’s everyday lives.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics T Technology > TR Photography |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Wechat (Firm), Middle class -- China, Photography of food -- China, Online social networks -- China, Urban youth -- China -- Social life and customs, Photography of food -- Online chat groups, Conversation analysis |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Social Identities |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| ISSN: | 1350-4630 |
| Official Date: | 2019 |
| Dates: | Date Event 2019 Published 12 December 2017 Available |
| Volume: | 25 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Page Range: | pp. 269-287 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13504630.2017.1414596 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Re-use Statement: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Social Identities on 12/12/2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13504630.2017.1414596 |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 March 2022 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 23 March 2022 |
| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/164036/ |
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