Chinese youth identities in Cao Fei's contemporary photography

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Art - Photography and Film, grade: 6 (Schweiz), University of Zurich (Kunsthistorisches Institut), course: Global Issues in Contemporary Photography: The Politics of the Big Picture, language: English, abstract: The paper investigates the construction of Chinese youth identities in the photography work of Chinese artist Cao Fei. For this purpose, the author first offers an overview of the current debates on cultural globalization, to go on discussing local and global aspects of Cao Feis work.