The Heritage Turn in China

The Reinvention, Dissemination and Consumption of Heritage
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-94-6298-566-7
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 314 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 445 g

Reihe: Amsterdam University Press

The Heritage Turn in China: The Reinvention, Dissemination and Consumption of Heritage focuses on heritage discourse and practice in China today as it has evolved from the ‘heritage turn’ that can be dated to the 1990s. Using a variety of disciplinary approaches to regionally and topically diverse case studies, the contributors to this edited volume show how particular versions of the past are selected, (re)invented, disseminated and consumed for contemporary purposes. These studies explore how the Chinese state utilises heritage not only for tourism, entertainment, educational and commercial purposes, but also as part of broader political strategies on both the national and international stage. Together, they argue that the Chinese state deploys modes of heritage governance to construct new modernities while strengthening collective national identity in support of both its political legitimacy and its claim to status as an international superpower. The authors also consider ways in which state management of heritage is contested by some stakeholders whose embrace of heritage has a different purpose and meaning.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ludwig, Carol

Walton, Linda

Wang, Yi-Wen

Weitere Mitwirkende

Graezer Bideau, Florence

Guo, Yingjie

Bayer, Kristin

Wertmann, Patrick

K.K.Ng, Kenny

Law, Andrew

Svensson, Marina

Lawson, Joseph

O’Brien, David

Shani Brown, Melissa

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturpolitik, Kulturmanagement
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Museumskunde, Materielle Kultur, Erinnerungskultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction: (Un)Authorised Heritage Discourse and Practice

Carol Ludwig & Linda Walton

SECTION 1. (RE)CONSTRUCTIONS, (RE)INVENTIONS, AND REPRESENTATIONS OF HERITAGE

1.The Social Life of Heritage-Making: Cultural Representations and Frictions

Florence Graezer Bideau

2. Confucian Academies and the Materialisation of Cultural Heritage

Linda Walton

3.From Destruction to Reconstruction: China's Confucian Heritage, Nationalism, and National Identity

Yingjie Guo

4.Set in Stone: Continuity and Omission in Possessive Representations of the Great Wall

Kristin Bayer

SECTION 2. CREATING IDENTITIES: CONSTRUCTING PASTS, DISSEMINATING HERITAGE

5.Contemporary Fabrication of Pasts and the Creation of New Identities: Use of 'Open Air Museums/Historical Theme Parks' for Education and Tourism

Carol Ludwig & Yiwen Wang

6.Creating Cultural Identity in China: Popularizing Archaeological Material and Cultural Heritage

Patrick Wertmann

7.The Museum as Expression of Local Identity and Place: The Case of Nanjing

Kenny K.K. Ng

SECTION 3. HISTORY, NOSTALGIA AND HERITAGE: URBAN AND RURAL

8.The Role of History, Nostalgia and Heritage in the Construction and Indigenisation of State-led Political and Economic Identities in Contemporary China

Andrew Law

9.Local Voices and New Narratives in Xinye Village: The Economy of Nostalgia and Heritage

Marina Svensson

SECTION 4. APPROPRIATIONS AND COMMODIFICATIONS OF ETHNIC HERITAGE

10.'Even if You Don't Want to Drink, You Still Have to Drink': The Yi and Alcohol in History and Heritage

Joseph Lawson

11.'Ethnic Heritage' on the New Frontier: The Idealisation and Commodification of Ethnic 'Otherness' in Xinjiang

Melissa Shani Brown & David O'Brien

Afterword: Historicising and Globalising the Heritage Turn in China

Carol Ludwig & Linda Walton

INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Walton, Linda
Dr Linda Walton is Professor Emerita in the Department of History, Portland State University, United States, and Visiting Professor at the Yuelu Academy Research Institute, Hunan University, People’s Republic of China.

Ludwig, Carol
Dr Carol Ludwig is Honorary Research Fellow in Planning (Civic Design) at the University of Liverpool, UK. She is a Chartered Town Planner with professional experience working on heritage conservation planning in English Local Planning Authorities. She has also conducted research for World Heritage UK.

Wang, Yi-Wen
Dr Yi-Wen Wang is Associate Professor in Urban Planning and Design, Department of Urban Planning & Design, at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China.