City Culture In Modern China

AY2019/2020 Semester 2

This course will provide a critical understanding of the modern urban culture in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan by examining urban cultural history in conjunction with Chinese cinemas, songs and literary texts. Topics to be discussed include: the emergence of the modern city, the impact of colonialism, urban political movements, urban sexual culture, modernity and post-modernity in the context of urban culture, urban popular culture and the impact of globalization on Chinese cities.