Christopher L Connery
· Professor, LiteratureUniversity of California, Santa Cruz · East Asian Studies
Active 1992–2023
About
Professor Christopher L Connery is a faculty member in the Department of Literature at UC Santa Cruz, affiliated with the Division of Humanities. His research interests encompass world literature and cultural studies, with a focus on globalism and geographical thought, the 1960s, Marxism, neoliberalism, pre-modern and modern Chinese cultural studies, and critical culture in contemporary China. His academic work also explores themes related to the cultural revolution, revolutionary theory, and critical theory. He teaches courses such as The World Sixties, The Future, The Good Life, Neoliberalism (graduate), Classical Chinese Culture and Literature, and contemporary Chinese cultural, political, and social issues. His primary office is located in Humanities Building 1, 641, and he offers office hours by appointment.
Research topics
- Sociology
- Political Science
- Computer Science
- Law
- Media studies
- History
- Political economy
- Programming language
- Gender studies
- Psychology
- Library science
Selected publications
Cultural Studies · 2023 · 2 citations
1st authorCorresponding- Sociology
- Political Science
- Sociology
ABSTRACTThis article chronicles the protests in China against COVID policies that erupted in late November 2022, focusing on a detailed account of the events on Wulumuqi Road in Shanghai within the context of the historical, architectural, and social character of that neighborhood. Situating the protests in the context of the weak state of critical discourse in contemporary China—some have termed this an aspect of “depoliticization”—the article suggests that the current critical void contributes to the difficulties in building ameaningful and sustainable social movements.KEYWORDS: COVIDChinaShanghaipolitical protestdepoliticizationcritiqueView correction statement:Correction Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Correction StatementThis article was originally published with errors, which have now been corrected in the online version. Please see Correction (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09502386.2023.2277605)Notes1 See also Shu Haolun’s 2011 documentary Nostalgia (乡愁), about life in Dazhongli, the community in which he grew up—a film he made just before the community was razed for redevelopment.2 Several days after the Wuhan protests, the government announced that shops could reopen, subject to further closure in the event of positive Covid tests.3 For an example of this discourse, see Chuang (Citation2019).
The Left in China: A Conversation with Ralf Ruckus
Made in China Journal · 2023-11-13
articleOpen access1st authorCorrespondingMade in China Journal · 2022-12-31
articleOpen access1st authorCorrespondingt was the middle section of a north-south road in the prewar French Concession and was originally named Route Magy (Maiqi Road, ) for Alfred Magy, a French officer in World War I. Lined on both sides with dense rows of French plane trees ( ), it ran through a neighbourhood of villas, consulates, and Shanghai-modern apartment buildings-notably, the 1936 Art Deco Magy Apartments, designed by
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies · 2021
1st authorCorresponding- Political Science
- Sociology
- Political Science
Taking as its point of departure the late work of Arif Dirlik that was highly critical of the PRC state, this essay traces some of the conundrums and contradictions in the relationship between western left scholars of China, PRC “left” intellectuals, and the Chinese state over the last several decades. It suggests that, especially during the Xi Jinping era, PRC “left” intellectuals’ over-identification with the state limits critical possibilities. Inequality, patriarchy, environmental degradation, oppression of workers, and other phenomena that one would expect to be the targets of left critique receive relatively limited attention. The left focuses more on socialist legacies, and on a kind of “virtual socialism” that could be at one point be realized thanks to massive state capacity. Arif Dirlik’s “liberationist” socialism is a useful corrective to this. Still, the diminution of critical left voices in the PRC is a loss for left critique worldwide.
CHAPTER 5 The Spy-Film Legacy A Preliminary Cultural Analysis of the Spy Film
2020-09-15
book-chapter1st authorCorrespondingMade in China Journal · 2020 · 5 citations
1st authorCorresponding- Computer Science
- Computer Science
- Programming language
This essay posits a new period designation in reform-era China, the WTO years, from roughly 2005 to 2010, and considers some of the political, intellectual, and cultural developments therein. The primary focus is on the Shanghai-based Grass Stage theatre troupe, and its history of theatre work centred on social investigation and inquiry. The author has been a member of the group since 2010, and uses participant observation to discuss various political and cultural possibilities and impasses during the period in question.
The Oceanic Feeling and the 284 Regional Imaginary
2020-11-30
book-chapter1st authorCorrespondingboundary 2 · 2019-05-01
article1st authorCorrespondingCeramicist, author, and professor Yao Bo discusses her ceramic practice and the theoretical, social, and aesthetic concerns that shape it. She discusses her commitment to feminist practice, and her recognition of the role of unnamed women and craftpersons in the long history of ceramics in China. She discusses the role of “elemental” thinking (earth, wind, water, fire, human) in her work and the techniques she employs to allow the expression of elementality with the least possible human interference. She also discusses the distinctive space she created in the mountains near her university for ceramic and other artistic practices, and her philosophical and aesthetic distance from the commercial sector.
boundary 2 · 2019-05-01
article1st authorCorrespondingChongqing, a conurbation with province status about the size of Austria, was, between 2007 and 2012, under the leadership of Party Secretary Bo Xilai, the site of a number of political practices—in housing, law enforcement, industrial development, public “red culture,” and others—that gave it the nickname “Red Chongqing” and made it a point of reference and admiration for many on the Chinese left. The “Chongqing Model” was for a few years a widely debated topic nationwide, but the fall and trial of Bo Xilai and his wife brought the model discourse to an abrupt end. This essay suggests that the enthusiastic embrace of the Chongqing Model—not a particularly radical path by most standards—allows for a diagnosis of the possibilities and impasses for left critical work in China today.
boundary 2 · 2019-05-01
article1st authorCorrespondingResearch Article| May 01 2019 Introduction Christopher Connery Christopher Connery Christopher Connery is professor of literature and cultural studies at UC Santa Cruz and is Ziqiang Professor of Cultural Studies at Shanghai University. He has published on imperial Chinese literary culture, capitalist oceanic geographies, the global 1960s, and contemporary Chinese intellectual politics. He is currently working on a book project on Chinese neoliberalism. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google boundary 2 (2019) 46 (2): 73–74. https://doi.org/10.1215/01903659-7496984 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Christopher Connery; Introduction. boundary 2 1 May 2019; 46 (2): 73–74. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/01903659-7496984 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll Journalsboundary 2 Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2019 by Duke University Press2019 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.
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Vanita Seth
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Hortense J. Spillers
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Lennet Daigle
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Duo Xu
Intelligent Fusion Technology (United States)
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Paul A. Bové
- 1 shared
Judith Butler
- 1 shared
Jonathan Franzen
Uppsala University
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Joseph A Buttigieg
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