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Chinese Heritage in the Making

Experiences, Negotiations and Contestations
  • Edited by: Christina Maags and Marina Svensson
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2018
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About this book

This book focuses on the contested nature of heritage through the lens of individuals, local communities, religious groups, and heritage experts.

Author / Editor information

Maags Christina :

Christina Maags is lecturer in Chinese Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.Svensson Marina :

Marina Svensson is Professor of Modern China Studies at Lund University and does research related to human rights, cultural heritage, journalism, digital society and the Internet in China.


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Ruptures, Governmentality, and Agency
Marina Svensson and Christina Maags
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Section I. Re-imagining the Past: Contested Memories and Contemporary Issues

The Evolving Life of Ma Bufang’s Official Residence
Susette Cooke
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The ‘Italian-Style Exotic District’ in Tianjin
Hong Zhang
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The Gulou Project and Its Contested Memories
Florence Graezer Bideau and Haiming Yan
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Section II. Celebrating and Experiencing Cultural Heritage: Top-down and Bottom-up Processes and Negotiations

Hierarchies and Competition within the Chinese ICH Transmitters System
Christina Maags
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Selina Ching Chan
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The Politics of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Southwest China
Tami Blumenfield
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Identity and Authenticity in a Tibetan Village
Sonja Laukkanen
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Section III. Public Debates in Heritage Work: Possibilities and Limitations for Plural Voices and New Forms of Engagements

Re-creating the City of Datong
Jinze Cui
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Policies, Actors, Debates
Lui Tam
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Maintaining Affective Engagements with the Local Heritage in Taishun
Marina Svensson
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eBook published on:
March 7, 2018
eBook ISBN:
9789048534067
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
288
Illustrations:
19
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19 halftones, 4 line art
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