World Heritage Craze in China

Universal Discourse, National Culture, and Local Memory

Haiming Yan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

242 Seiten

2022
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80073-446-3 (ISBN)

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There is a World Heritage Craze in China. China claims to have the longest continuous civilization in the world and is seeking the recognition from UNESCO. With a sociological lens, this book offers comprehensive insights into World Heritage, as well as China’s deep social, cultural, and political structures.

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.

Haiming Yan is Associate Research Fellow at the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage.

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Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. From Relics to Heritage

Chapter 2. From World Heritage to National Solidarity

Chapter 3. Fujian Tulou: From Harmony to Hegemony

Chapter 4. Mount Songshan: From the Center of Sacred Mountains to the “Center of Heaven and Earth”

Chapter 5. The Great Wall: From Ethnic Boundary to Cosmopolitan Memory

Conclusion: World Heritage as Discursive Institution

References

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	14.06.2022
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-80073-446-8 / 1800734468
ISBN-13	978-1-80073-446-3 / 9781800734463
Zustand	Neuware