In this podcast, Dr. Zhang discusses the definition of the “entrepreneur” and why it is important. She
also discusses why the idea that entrepreneurship would decrease inequality has become so popular in
among PRC leaders. The author also explains the significance of her three cases, and elaborates on the
life course of one of the interviewees. She also talks about the tension between seeing entrepreneurship as culturally important and avoiding cultural essentialism.
Dr. Lin ZHANG, author of the book The Labor of Reinvention: Entrepreneurship in the New Chinese Digital Economy, published in 2023 by Columbia University Press. Dr. Zhang earned a PhD in Communication at the University of Southern California, and is currently an Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies at the University of New Hampshire, focusing on critical innovation studies, knowledge and digital labor, and intersectionality.
