This book considers the role of cultural heritage and its
efficacies in Chinese civilisation. It utilises a novel approach in
viewing heritage as a long-term process that serves as a foundation
for political hierarchies and orthodoxy while also contributing to
cultural exchange through knowledge transmission. By asking the
question ‘what does heritage do’, this book uses the lenses of
history and anthropology to consider the role of heritage in
civilisation. Using examples from Imperial China, it examines
social patterns in Chinese uses and attitudes towards the past over
long periods of time. Founded in cross-disciplinary research, it
examines heritage efficacies and patterns across four pathways –
destruction, collection, transmission and creation. Each of these
pathways explore the different roles heritage plays in continuing
and transforming Chinese civilisation through practices such as
antiquarianism, collecting, craftsmanship, and knowledge
transmission. These pathways demonstrate the multiple forms and
power centres within various social groups, including marginalised
or indigenous communities, who each interpret and use heritage to
shape the relationship between state and society differently. How
Heritage Shapes Chinese Civilisation will be beneficial to
researchers and postgraduate students in Heritage Studies, Museum
Studies, Anthropology and History. It offers novel points of view
and critical ideas that will be useful to undergraduate and
graduate students of Tourism, Cultural and Social Geography, and
East Asian History and Chinese Studies.
General
| Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
February 2024 |
| First published: |
2023 |
| Authors: |
Yujie Zhu
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
192 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-239566-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-03-239566-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781032395661 |
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