Guest Column: Chinese History Books

[helloladies]

In the last few years I’ve become a fan of Chinese dramas (aka c-dramas), especially The Untamed. I'm a white American and I didn't grow up watching dramas, but I've come to love them. I enjoy how they mix small, tender moments with action and heartbreak. These are shows that can evoke the whole range of human emotions. I've done a lot of new things as part of c-drama fandom, including writing fanfic for the first time. I've made a lot of new friends via fandom and it's changed my whole experience of social media. But the aspect of my fandom I want to talk about here is that it’s gotten me reading and loving academic history again. ( Read more... )