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... of identity, interpersonal relations, and everyday life practices. Chapter 5 examines the proliferation of life experts on Indian and Chinese TV, from transnationally recognizable figures such as makeover experts and celebrity chefs to more culturally distinctive forms of popular expertise. Discussing...

... between identification with a national homeland versus the alluring vision of limitless global mobility. Chapter 2 examines the complex, multiscalar nature of Chinese television through a discussion of metropolitan and regional lifestyle-television industries, with a focus on two channels: Shanghai TV...

... Chinese television scalar geographies ...

... Chapter 7 moves into the territory of love and relationships. In recent years, TV audiences in both China and India have been exposed to a growing number of reality and lifestyle shows focused on dating, marriage, parenting, and love relationships. While, like spirituality, the affective...

... in the transnational Sinophone world. The Chinese example analyzed in this chapter foregrounds the normative definition of adult femininity as an identity focused on familial care work. In contrast, an alternative subcategory of women’s lifestyle television, originating in Taiwan, centers on an emergent and idealized...