现代中国的视觉文化与记忆---以美国《现代中国文学与文化》杂志为中心

Visual Culture and Memory in Modern China- Centered on the AmericanModern Chinese Literature and Culture

视觉文化是美国现代中国文学和文化研究的重要学术议题,反映了20世纪90年代以来欧美文化研究对于现代中国文学研究的冲击和影响。美国学术期刊《现代中国文学与文化》(MCLC)2000年的“现代中国的视觉文化与记忆”特刊聚焦现代中国的视觉文化议题,呈现为现代中国的视觉现代性、视觉文化与受众解码、以视觉文化作为方法三个维度,反思其个案研究有助于思考视觉文化研究对于现代中国文学和文化研究的独特意义和价值。

Visual culture is an important academic issue in the study of modern Chinese literature and culture in the United States,which reflects the impact and influence of European and American cultural studies on modern Chinese literature since the 1990s.The paper in the special issue of“Visual Culture and Memory in Modern China”published by the American acacdemiic journal Modern Chinese Literature and Culture(MCLC)in 2000 focused on the visual culture of modern China,presenting three dimensions:visual mo-dernity of modern China,visual culture and audience decoding,and visual culture as a method.Reflecting on his case study is helpful to think about the unique significance and value of visual culture research to modern Chinese literature and culture research.