New Publication
Teaching Film from the People’s Republic of China has been published by the Modern Language Association (MLA). It is a timely and multidisciplinary reference book for film pedagogy. The seven parts of this book include sections such as “Image and Reality of a Changing China,” “Recontextualizing National Culture,” “Intercultural and Comparative Approaches,” and “Multidisciplinary Approaches.”
Particularly, I would like to highlight my essay, “Visualizing Ethnic Minorities in Multicultural China,” in this volume. This is perhaps the first pedagogical piece published in the United States about teaching the ethnic minority visual cultures of China. The essay spans various visual realms, from film to photography and pre-modern China’s paintings albums about the “Miao barbarians,” to discuss interdisciplinary ways of engaging students in examining the historical evolution and contemporary ramifications of visualizing non-Han groups in China. The essay provides a variety of sources and methods for instructors to incorporate the discussion of cultural diversity, race, and ethnicity into their teaching about Chinese culture, history, and art.
Yanshuo Zhang <yanshuo2009@gmail.com>