After-Lives of the Mongolian Yurt

The ‘Archaeology’ of a Chinese Tourist Camp

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ID2390813
AutoresChris Evans (0000-0002-4197-4202, University of Cambridge, autor correspondente), Christopher Evans (0009-0000-5778-6858, University of Cambridge), Caroline Humphrey (0009-0008-7005-4924, University of Cambridge)
Ano2002
Volume7
Fascículo2
Páginas189-210
Data de publicação2002-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Material Culture (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1359-1835 • E-ISSN: 1460-3586
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359183502007002639
OpenAlexW1980331274
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências 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