Places of memory in modern China : history, politics, and identity /

The book offers a new approach to the discussion on the issue of Chinese national identity, providing new insights in how identity is constructed and contested. These issues are of vital concern for the understanding of contemporary China and its national consciousness.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Matten, Marc Andre
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
Colección:Leiden series in comparative historiography ; v. 5.
Temas:
Historic sites > Social aspects > China.
Historic sites > Political aspects > China.
Collective memory > China.
Nationalism > China.
National characteristics, Chinese.
Historic sites > Social aspects > Taiwan.
Historic sites > Political aspects > Taiwan.
Collective memory > Taiwan.
Nationalism > Taiwan.
National characteristics, Taiwan.
Lieux historiques > Aspect social > Chine.
Lieux historiques > Aspect politique > Chine.
Mémoire collective > Chine.
Nationalisme > Chine.
Chinois.
Lieux historiques > Aspect social > Taiwan.
Lieux historiques > Aspect politique > Taiwan.
Mémoire collective > Taiwan.
Nationalisme > Taiwan.
Taiwanais.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Collective memory
Historic sites > Social aspects
National characteristics, Chinese
National characteristics, Taiwan
Nationalism
Gedenkstätte
Kollektives Gedächtnis
China
Taiwan
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • History, memory, and identity in modern China / Marc Andre Matten
  • Qin Shihuang's terracotta warriors and commemorating the cultural state / David J. Davies
  • The Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall in Taipei : a contested place of memory / Marc Andre Matten
  • A place where great men rest? : the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall / Daniel Leese
  • A rock, a text, and a tablet : making the Song Emperor's terrace a lieu de memoire / Hon Tze-ki
  • "This is how the Chinese people began their struggle" : Humen and the Opium War as a site of memory / James Flath
  • The ruins of Yuanmingyuan, or, How to enjoy a national wound / Lee Haiyan
  • Yan'an as a site of memory in socialist and postsocialist China / Kirk A. Denton.

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