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Popular memories of the Mao era : from critical debate to reassessing history /

The present volume provides an overview of new forms of popular memory, in particular critical memory, of the Mao era. Focusing on the processes of private production, public dissemination, and social sanctioning of narratives of the past in contemporary China, it examines the relation between popul...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Veg, Sebastian (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Part I: Unofficial Memories in the Public Sphere; 2. Writing about the Past, an Act of Resistance; 3. Annals of the Yellow Emperor; 4. Contested Past; 5. Can Private Museums Offer Space for Alternative History?; Part II: Critical Memory and Cultural Practices; 6. Literary and Documentary Accounts of the Great Famine; 7. Filmed Testimonies, Archives, and Memoirs of the Mao Era; 8. Visual Memory, Personal Experience, and Public History; Part III: Unofficial Sources and Popular Historiography; 9. The Second Society
  • 10. Case Files as a Source of Alternative Memories from the Maoist Past11. Popular Memories and Popular History, Indispensable Tools for Understanding Contemporary Chinese History; Contributors; Index