Xin-Rui Zhang

Platformed Ethnicity: Cultural Capital, Identity Performance, and the Recontextualization of Miao Culture on Chinese Social Media

The circulation of ethnic-themed photography on social media relocates cultural symbols into new contexts of visibility, identity construction, tourism, and consumption. This study examines how Miao cultural symbols are recontextualized through ethnic photography on Xiaohongshu, a major Chinese lifestyle-oriented socia...