Original
Memory in Motion: The Configuration of Korean War Memory in Chinese Popular Representations
Abstract
China’s Korean War memory moves in and out of view, but rarely returns unchanged. This article asks how Chinese popular representations of the Korean War vary as the foreign relationships embedded in the war shift. It develops a configurational account of wartime memory, emphasizing activation, selection, and mediation across state priorities, nationalist repertoires, and media institutions. Drawing on a near-comprehensive corpus of theatrically released Chinese Korean War films, alongside close readings of influential print and screen texts, it traces three periods: canonization, latency, and security revival. Chinese sacrifice and victory endure; the United States remains central, but negative portrayals of US soldiers become less common; solidarity with North Korea recedes; Soviet participation remains largely unmentioned; and China’s intervention is increasingly framed as national defense.
中文
流动的记忆：中国大众再现中朝鲜战争记忆的配置
摘要
中国的朝鲜战争记忆时隐时现，但很少原封不动地回归。本文追问：随着朝鲜战争中嵌入的对外关系发生变化，中国大众对朝鲜战争的再现如何变化。文章提出一种战争记忆的配置性解释，强调国家优先事项、民族主义话语库与媒体制度之间的激活、选择与中介。基于近乎完整的中国院线朝鲜战争电影语料库，并结合对有影响力的印刷与银幕文本的细读，本文梳理了三个时期：经典化、潜伏与安全复兴。中国的牺牲与胜利持续存在；美国仍居中心，但对美军士兵的负面刻画变得不那么常见；与朝鲜的团结消退；苏联的参与基本未被提及；中国的参战日益被框定为国防。
关键词
朝鲜战争记忆、中国大众再现、集体记忆、电影、民族主义、媒体制度、中美关系、中朝关系