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Eurocentrism in a YouTube video on the Jakarta–Bandung railway: a critical examination of discourse across race, gender, and class.
- Source :
- Communication, Culture & Critique; Sep2023, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p208-216, 9p, 4 Color Photographs, 2 Diagrams, 1 Map
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- In this article, we examine the YouTube channel Railways Explained and its video on the Jakarta–Bandung High-Speed Railway (JBHSR). By stressing tensions among China, Indonesia, and Japan surrounding the JBHSR project, the video, we argue, managed to divert the audience's attention away from its Eurocentric representation to a socially constructed Asian drama. Drawing upon Foucauldian poststructuralism, we then demonstrate how the Asian drama, narrated through three forms of otherness—ideological (Japan/Indonesia vs. China); developmental (Japan/China vs. Indonesia); and a geopolitical imaginary (the West vs. Asia)—revealed the perpetuation of Eurocentric hegemony in the knowledge of science and technology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RACE
EUROCENTRISM
HIGH speed trains
POSTSTRUCTURALISM
GENDER
RAILROADS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17539129
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Communication, Culture & Critique
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 170744880
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcad017