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Record Nr.

UNISA996309233703316

Titolo

Chinese Heritage in the Making : Experiences, Negotiations and Contestations / / Marina Svensson, Christina Maags

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

90-485-3406-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : 19 halftones, 4 line art

Collana

Asian Heritages ; ; 3

Disciplina

301

Soggetti

China

Museology & heritage studies

China Cultural policy

China Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Mapping the Chinese Heritage Regime / Svensson, Marina / Maags, Christina -- Section I. Re-imagining the Past: Contested Memories and Contemporary Issues -- 2. Telling Stories in a Borderland / Cooke, Susette -- 3. From a Symbol of Imperialistic Penetration to a Site of Cultural Heritage / Zhang, Hong -- 4. Historic Urban Landscape in Beijing / Bideau, Florence Graezer / Yan, Haiming -- Section II. Celebrating and Experiencing Cultural Heritage: Top-down and Bottom-up Processes and Negotiations -- 5. Creating a Race to the Top / Maags, Christina -- 6. Heritagizing the Chaozhou Hungry Ghosts Festival in Hong Kong / Chan, Selina Ching -- 7. Recognition and Misrecognition / Blumenfield, Tami -- 8. Holy Heritage / Laukkanen, Sonja -- Section III. Public Debates in Heritage Work: Possibilities and Limitations for Plural Voices and New Forms of Engagements -- 9. Heritage Visions of Mayor Geng Yanbo / Cui, Jinze -- 10. The Revitalization of Zhizhu Temple / Tam, Lui -- 11. Heritage 2.0 / Svensson, Marina -- Abbreviations -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Chinese state uses cultural heritage as a source of power by linking it to political and economic goals, but heritage discourse has at the



same time encouraged new actors to appropriate the discourse to protect their own traditions. This book focuses on that contested nature of heritage, especially through the lens of individuals, local communities, religious groups, and heritage experts. It examines the effect of the internet on heritage-ization, as well as how that process affects different groups of people.