Cultural Representations in/as/and the Global Studies Curriculum: China in the United States, 1960-Present

• In Event: Roundtable Session 18
  In Roundtable Session: Critical Perspectives on Policy and Practice

Abstract

This study examines representations of China in cultural and educational texts and considers the implications for critical global education research and practice. Additionally, this study responds to Subedi and Daza’s (2008) call to “rethink the ways in which local/global formations are represented and included in curriculum, teaching and research contexts” (in Subedi, 2010, p. 15), by first identifying what these representations are, and examining how these formations are represented in National Geographic Magazine, Life, and Social Education, 1960-present. This research also intends to both challenge contemporary representations of China that posit China as an economic threat to the United States, as well as disrupt the cycle of (re)presenting two detached histories of China – Ancient China and Communist China.

Author

• Amy Mungur, Green Mountain College