In this episode, Giselinde interviews dr. Predrag Cveticanin (University of Niš, Serbia) & dr. Yang Gao (Furman University, US) as we go beyond the bubble of Western-European, North-American cultural sociology. How does cultural distinction and social capital work in Serbia? Why do Chinese tv consumers love GossipGirl? How are post-socialist Serbia and not-so-socialist-anymore China different and similar at the same time?

In this episode, we speak about the applicability of French and American cultural sociological theories on taste and cultural consumption outside our Euro-American bubble. We also ask ourselves how this is all related to the future of cosmopolitanism.

Join us as we dive into these and many more topics in this intriguing conversation.

Readings

Cvetičanin, Predrag, and Mihaela Popescu (2011) The art of making classes in Serbia: Another particular case of the possible." Poetics 39: 444-468.

Gao, Yang (2016). Fiction as reality: Chinese youths watching American television. Poetics 54: 1-13.

Lavie, N., & Varriale, S. (2019). Introduction to the special issue on global tastes: The transnational spread of non-Anglo-American cul ture. Poetics, 75, 101388.