Heritage And Romantic Consumption In China
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Author |
: Yujie Zhu |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 168 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9048536820 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789048536825 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Romantic Consumption and Heritage Performance in China by : Yujie Zhu
The drums beat, an old man in a grand robe mutters incantations and three brides on horseback led by their grooms on foot proceed to the Naxi Wedding Courtyard, accompanied, watched and photographed the whole way by tourists, who have bought tickets for the privilege. The traditional wedding ceremonies are performed for the ethnic tourism industry in Lijiang, a World Heritage town in southwest China. This book examines how heritage interacts with social-cultural changes and how individuals perform and negotiate their identities through daily practices that include tourism, on the one hand, and the performance of ethnicity on the other. The wedding performances in Lijiang not only serve as a heritage 'product' but show how the heritage and tourism industry helps to shape people's values, dreams and expectations. This book also explores the rise of 'romantic consumerism' in contemporary China. Chinese dissatisfaction with the urban mundane leads to romanticized interests in practices and people deemed to be natural, ethnic, spiritual and aesthetic, and a search for tradition and authenticity. But what, exactly, are tradition and authenticity, and what happens to them when they are turned into performance?
Author |
: Yujie Zhu |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9462985677 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789462985674 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Heritage and Romantic Consumption in China by : Yujie Zhu
This book examines how heritage interacts with social-cultural changes and how individuals perform and negotiate their identities through daily practices that include tourism, on the one hand, and the performance of ethnicity on the other.
Author |
: Yujie Zhu |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 213 |
Release |
: 2020-01-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780429821653 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0429821654 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis Heritage Politics in China by : Yujie Zhu
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.
Author |
: Carol Ludwig |
Publisher |
: Amsterdam University Press |
Total Pages |
: 315 |
Release |
: 2020-06-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789048536818 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9048536812 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Heritage Turn in China by : Carol Ludwig
This edited volume 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 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 employs 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.
Author |
: Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 409 |
Release |
: 2019-01-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190923464 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190923466 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis China and the True Jesus by : Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye
"The history of the True Jesus Church, a Pentecostal church founded in Beijing in 1917, reveals dynamic interaction between charismatic experience and organizational processes. Believers' lived experiences provide grassroots perspective on developments in China's modern history, including transnational exchange, gender roles, models for legitimate governance, clandestine culture, and church-state relations"--
Author |
: Cas Mudde |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 129 |
Release |
: 2019-10-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781509536856 |
ISBN-13 |
: 150953685X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Far Right Today by : Cas Mudde
The far right is back with a vengeance. After several decades at the political margins, far-right politics has again taken center stage. Three of the world’s largest democracies – Brazil, India, and the United States – now have a radical right leader, while far-right parties continue to increase their profile and support within Europe. In this timely book, leading global expert on political extremism Cas Mudde provides a concise overview of the fourth wave of postwar far-right politics, exploring its history, ideology, organization, causes, and consequences, as well as the responses available to civil society, party, and state actors to challenge its ideas and influence. What defines this current far-right renaissance, Mudde argues, is its mainstreaming and normalization within the contemporary political landscape. Challenging orthodox thinking on the relationship between conventional and far-right politics, Mudde offers a complex and insightful picture of one of the key political challenges of our time.
Author |
: Yujie Zhu |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 203 |
Release |
: 2024-07-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781040101346 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1040101348 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis China’s Heritage through History by : Yujie Zhu
China’s Heritage through History employs a longue durée approach to examine China’s heritage through history. From Imperial to contemporary China, it explores the role of practices and material forms of the past in shaping social transformation through knowledge production and transmission. The art of collecting, reproducing, and reinterpreting the past has been an enduring force shaping cultural identity and political legitimacy in China. Offering a unique, non-Western perspective on the history of heritage in China, Zhu considers who the key players have been in these ongoing processes of reconfigured pasts, what methods they have employed, and how these practices have shaped society at large. The book tackles these questions by delving into the transformation of practices related to heritage through examples such as the book collection at Tianyi Private Library, the reproduction of the Orchid Pavilion Preface calligraphy and its associated sites, and the dynamics of exchange within the Liulichang antique market. Zhu reveals how these practices, once reserved for elites, have become accessible to the broader public. These processes of transformation, embodied in various forms of reconfigured pasts, have given rise to modern approaches to preservation, digitisation, museums, and the burgeoning heritage tourism industry. China’s Heritage through History will be an invaluable resource for academics, students, and practitioners working in the fields of heritage, museum studies, and art history.
Author |
: Haiming Yan |
Publisher |
: Berghahn Books |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 2018-03-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781785338052 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1785338056 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis World Heritage Craze in China by : Haiming Yan
There is a World Heritage Craze in China. China claims to have the longest continuous civilization in the world and is seeking recognition from UNESCO. This book explores three dimensions of the UNESCO World Heritage initiative with particular relevance for China: the universal agenda, the national practices, and the local responses. With a sociological lens, this book offers comprehensive insights into World Heritage, as well as China’s deep social, cultural, and political structures.
Author |
: Enze Han |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190688301 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190688300 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis Asymmetrical Neighbors by : Enze Han
Is the process of state building a unilateral, national venture, or is it something more collaborative, taking place in the interstices between adjoining countries? To answer this question, Asymmetrical Neighbors takes a comparative look at the state building process along China, Myanmar, and Thailand's common borderland area. It shows that the variations in state building among these neighboring countries are the result of an interactive process that occurs across national boundaries. Departing from existing approaches that look at such processes from the angle of singular, bounded territorial states, the book argues that a more fruitful method is to examine how state and nation building in one country can influence, and be influenced by, the same processes across borders. It argues that the success or failure of one country's state building is a process that extends beyond domestic factors such as war preparation, political institutions, and geographic and demographic variables. Rather, it shows that we should conceptualize state building as an interactive process heavily influenced by a "neighborhood effect." Furthermore, the book moves beyond the academic boundaries that divide arbitrarily China studies and Southeast Asian studies by providing an analysis that ties the state and nation building processes in China with those of Southeast Asia.
Author |
: Laurajane Smith |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 369 |
Release |
: 2006-11-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134368037 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134368038 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Uses of Heritage by : Laurajane Smith
Examining international case studies including USA, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, this book identifies and explores the use of heritage throughout the world. Challenging the idea that heritage value is self-evident, and that things must be preserved, it demonstrates how it gives tangibility to the values that underpin different communities.