After-Lives of the Mongolian Yurt

The ‘Archaeology’ of a Chinese Tourist Camp

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2390813
AutoresChris Evans (0000-0002-4197-4202, University of Cambridge, autor de correspondencia), Christopher Evans (0009-0000-5778-6858, University of Cambridge), Caroline Humphrey (0009-0008-7005-4924, University of Cambridge)
Año2002
Volumen7
Número2
Páginas189-210
Fecha de publicación2002-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Material Culture (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1359-1835 • E-ISSN: 1460-3586
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359183502007002639
OpenAlexW1980331274
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas9

The Mongolian yurt, now abandoned as a dwelling in much of Inner Mongolia (China), has an after-life in architecture, especially in public buildings in cities. We discuss the case of a failed tourist camp, constructed of brick 'yurts', which was built to exploit the exoticism of the Mongolian culture for the Han Chinese. This is an example of skeuopmorphic architecture, with deliberate slippage between the original and the copy, and we describe how this situation gives rise to various symbolic interpretations of the 'yurts'. It is argued that, despite certain similarities with post-modern vernaculars (e.g. Las Vegas), the political and ethnically confrontational situation in China means that the imitation 'yurts' do not in fact constitute a vernacular

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · China · Chinatown · Exoticism · Imitation · Literature · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Vernacular · Anthropology · Architecture · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Chinese history and philosophy · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · History · Law