Contemporary Chinese Popular Culture

This course analyzes the social and political meanings of Chinese popular culture from the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 to the present. Focusing on genre fiction, cinema, and media, we will place Chinese popular culture in the context of social reforms and technological innovation. Through the lens of cultural expressions, we strive to understand the major changes of the Chinese society. For instance, the Chinese writing system and the computer, narrative films and the marketization reform, science fiction and urbanization, documentaries and surveillance technology, identity and the digital self-image craft. Exposed to different cultural forms and theories, students will acquire critical perspectives in thinking about the causes and consequences of Chinese social and cultural transformation. All class materials are available in English. No prerequisites.

Course Attributes: EN H; BU Hum; BU IS; AS HUM; AS LCD; FA HUM; AR HUM

Contemporary Chinese Popular Culture

CHINESE 3211

Section A

Section 01