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Heritage Politics in China - Yujie Zhu, Christina Maags

Heritage Politics in China

The Power of the Past
Buch | Softcover
172 Seiten
2021
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-17594-2 (ISBN)
CHF 69,80 inkl. MwSt
Heritage Politics in China: The Power of the Past studies the impact of heritage policies and discourses on the Chinese state and Chinese society. It sheds light on the way Chinese heritage policies have transformed the narratives and cultural practices of the past to serve the interests of the present.



As well as reinforcing a collective social identity, heritage in China has served as an instrument of governance and regulation at home and a tool to generate soft power abroad. Drawing on a critical analysis of heritage policies and laws, empirical case studies and interviews with policymakers, practitioners, and local communities, the authors off er a comprehensive perspective on the role that cultural heritage plays in Chinese politics and policy. They argue that heritage-making appropriates international, national, and local values, thereby transforming it into a public good suitable for commercial exploitation. By framing heritage as a site of cooperation, contestation, and negotiation, this book contributes to our understanding of the complex nature of heritage in the rapidly shifting landscape of contemporary China.

Heritage Politics in China: The Power of the Past is essential reading for academics, researchers and students in the fi elds of heritage studies, cultural studies, Asian studies, anthropology, tourism and politics.

Yujie Zhu is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies, the Australian National University. He is the author of Heritage and Romantic Consumption in China and the co-editor of Politics of Scale: New Directions in Critical Heritage Studies. Christina Maags is Lecturer in Chinese Politics at the Politics Department at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Christina’s research interests focus on the politics around cultural heritage in the People’s Republic of China.

1. Introduction: The Power of the Past; 2. Heritage: A Cultural History; 3.Institutions and Discourse; 4. Xi’an: Urban Heritage; 5. Nanjing: Living Heritage; 6. Lijiang: Ethnic Heritage; 7. Heritage-making: Value Appropriation and Responses; 8. Conclusion: Past, Present and Future

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Research on Museums and Heritage in Asia
Zusatzinfo 15 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 249 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Hilfswissenschaften
ISBN-10 1-032-17594-X / 103217594X
ISBN-13 978-1-032-17594-2 / 9781032175942
Zustand Neuware
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