The Paradoxical Agora
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چکیده
Where is the political located? Since early 2000s, phenomenon of ‘marriage corners’ has mushroomed in city parks all over China. It consists public gatherings attended by middle- to upper-middle-class parents attempting find a partner for their child. The competitiveness these and vocabulary used participants when evaluating each other reflect tensions Chinese society without articulating them. Exploring this tension, article argues attending ramifications spaces where politics are silenced denied. Hence, marriage corners examined as ‘paradoxical agoras’, that is, constrained neither discussed nor decided, but rather embodied practiced.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Social Analysis
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1558-5727', '0155-977X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3167/sa.2022.660102