Das Aufkommen des chinesischen Stars: Inszenierung einer neuen öffentlichen Person, 1890-1930

该项目将重点关注19世纪90年代至30年代这段时间，并将研究(1)中国新兴现代公共领域的制度框架，作为中国明星崛起的条件；(2)西方和中国文化规范互动创造一种新形式的文化游戏的特殊方式，这种文化游戏从根本上挑战了主导社会和价值等级的传统标准。(3)新媒体和新兴明星在公共表演场景中的有意识互动，对中国现代城市公共行为的参数产生了深远的影响。

The project will focus on the time period between the 1890s and the 1930s and will investigate (1) the institutional framework of the emerging modern public sphere in China as a condition for the rise of the Chinese star, (2) the particular way in which Western and Chinese cultural norms interacted to create a new form of cultural play which fundamentally challenged the traditional standards dominating the social and value hierarchy, (3) the conscious interaction of the new media and the emerging stars in staging a scenario of public performance that was to have a profound impact on the parameters of modern urban public behaviour in China.