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The Haitang Incident 2024 and the ugliness of danmei culture/industry

European Journal of Cultural Studies

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Abstract

European Journal of Cultural Studies, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 454-464, April 2026.
The Haitang Incident of 2024 exposed the precariousness ofdanmei(boys’ love) culture and its creators in China under the dual pressures of state surveillance and platform capitalism. I critically interrogate the Chinesedanmeicultural ecology through ...