Affective Spaces: The Cultural Politics of Emotion in China

Explores how affect and emotion create new ways of understanding contemporary Chinese politics

Shih-Diing Liu is Professor of Communication at the University of Macau. He completed his PhD at the University of Westminster. His research has appeared in journals including Dushu (Beijing), Positions, and New Left Review. He is the author of The Politics of People: Protest Cultures in China (2019).

Wei Shi is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Macau. She completed her PhD at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Her articles have been published in journals including Chinese Journal of Communication, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies and Feminist Media Studies. She is the author of Wandering in China's Las Vegas: Migrant Workers in Macau (2018).