| The emergent pluralism in the cultural sphere brought about by modernization has given rise to hybrid identities that can be mapped through visions, representations, and realities in intercultural production, architecture, and film. Within these three categories that each interpret the relationship between place and identity, specific areas best reveal the impact of modernization on contemporary Chinese culture and everyday life.; First, the interconnection of the local and global spheres and the internationalization of cultural production can be linked to how cultural identity is expressed and has become fragmented. Second, the changing vernacular of recent urban architecture that is altering the landscape of the traditional Chinese city is the result of modernization and greatly impacts on cultural definition and identity. And finally, the impetus of Fifth Generation filmmakers to make films that reflect on the ideological complexity of China's post-Mao transitional period reconcile the country's new cultural and political situation by using the private sphere to shed light on how culture and ideology manifest themselves in daily life. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)... |
