Culture & Media in Urban China

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What does it mean to be "urban" in China & how is Chinese urbanism mediated by new cultural formations? In this course we examine the culture and media that define city life in China, including state and popular media, television and film, music, fashion, verbal art and literature, and visual art. We focus on the period from the building booms of the mid-to-late nineties to the present. Students work in teams to make presentations, use primary sources (in translation) and secondary sources to write individual essays.