Interrogating Chinese Rock

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>How has the cultural phenomenon of Chinese rock music shaped the identity of a Chinese woman scholar and influenced wider Chinese society? What does Chinese rock reveal about global power structures and their interconnectedness?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Drawing on her lived experiences author </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Lei (Nada) Peng</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> embarks on a journey as a Chinese rock listener and researcher between mainland China France and the United Kingdom. Bridging scholarly analysis with personal narrative </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)><em>Interrogating Chinese Rock</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> examines how rock-a Western genre-is reimagined within China's shifting socio-political landscape. It reveals the interplay between Chinese rock music Chinese social transformation global power structures and her personal identity framing music as a site of resistance mystification and self-discovery.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Peng</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> argues that the evolution of Chinese rock cannot be separated from global dynamics shaped by Western hegemony cultural imperialism and the legacies of colonial history. Alongside this she reflects on how both Chinese rock and her own transnational experiences have shaped a cross-cultural identity that defies rigid categorisation.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Addressing issues of gender race class consumerism patriarchy and cultural hegemony this autoethnographic work is essential reading for students and scholars in Cultural Anthropology Transcultural Studies Sociology of Music China Studies Asian Studies Women's Studies and related social sciences.</span></p><p></p>