Power,Field,and Public-Private Transformation:A Sociological Interpretation on the Transformation of Wuxi Gardens in the Republic of China Period
During the Republic of China period,Wuxi pioneered the free opening of private gardens to the public,which is a highly representative epitome of modern Chinese garden history.The national bourgeoisie,as the owners of gardens,also built a complex social network with gardens.In order to study the power struggle behind the transformation of gardens,Bourdieu's concept of field is used for analysis,linking scattered and unsystematic historical materials that were previously overlooked.It was found that under the intersection of power,economy,and garden fields,the national bourgeoisie in Wuxi had a change in their self-awareness and adjusted their position in response to the situation then.As a field,the garden,with the competition for landscape capital as the center and the exchange economy and political capital as the purpose,has formed the habitus of the actors in the field in three aspects of literati,social educators,and businessmen,thus contributing to the diversified layout and style of the gardens in Wuxi during the Republic of China period.
landscape architectureRepublic of ChinaWuxigarden transformationpowerfieldhabitus
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