建筑·文化·历史
L03 3163 Historical Landscape and National Identity in Modern China
This course attempts to ground the history of modern China in physical space such as imperial palaces, monuments and memorials, campus, homes and residential neighborhoods, recreational facilities, streets, prisons, factories, gardens, and churches. Using methods of historical and cultural anthropological analysis, the course invests the places where we see with historical meaning. Through exploring the ritual, political, and historical significance of historical landmarks, the course will investigate the forces that have transformed physical spaces into symbols of national, local, and personal identity. The historical events and processes we will examine along the way through the sites include the changing notion of rulership, national identity, state-building, imperialist encounter, socialist revolution, global capitalism and international tourism. Acknowledging and understanding the fact that these meanings and significances are fluid, multiple, contradictory, and changing over time are an important concern of this course.
Associate Professor of Modern Chinese History and Culture Director of Undergraduate Study in Chinese
zhaoma@wustl.edu