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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.
Heritage and Religion in East Asia examines how religious heritage,
in a mobile way, plays across national boundaries in East Asia and,
in doing so, the book provides new theoretical insights into the
articulation of heritage and religion. Drawing on primary,
comparative research carried out in four East Asian countries, much
of which was undertaken by East Asian scholars, the book shows how
the inscription of religious items as "Heritage" has stimulated
cross-border interactions among religious practitioners and boosted
tourism along modern pilgrimage routes. Considering how these
forces encourage cross-border links in heritage practices and
religious movements in China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan, the
volume also questions what role heritage plays in a region where
Buddhism, Taoism, and other various folk religious practices are
dominant. Arguing that it is diversity and vibrancy that makes
religious discourse in East Asia unique, the contributors explore
how this particularity both energizes and is empowered by heritage
practices in East Asia. Heritage and Religion in East Asia enriches
understanding of the impact of heritage and religious culture in
modern society and will be of interest to academics and students
working in heritage studies, anthropology, religion, and East Asian
studies.
Heritage Politics in China: The Power of the Past studies the
impact of heritage policies and discourses on the Chinese state and
Chinese society. It sheds light on the way Chinese heritage
policies have transformed the narratives and cultural practices of
the past to serve the interests of the present. As well as
reinforcing a collective social identity, heritage in China has
served as an instrument of governance and regulation at home and a
tool to generate soft power abroad. Drawing on a critical analysis
of heritage policies and laws, empirical case studies and
interviews with policymakers, practitioners, and local communities,
the authors off er a comprehensive perspective on the role that
cultural heritage plays in Chinese politics and policy. They argue
that heritage-making appropriates international, national, and
local values, thereby transforming it into a public good suitable
for commercial exploitation. By framing heritage as a site of
cooperation, contestation, and negotiation, this book contributes
to our understanding of the complex nature of heritage in the
rapidly shifting landscape of contemporary China. Heritage Politics
in China: The Power of the Past is essential reading for academics,
researchers and students in the fi elds of heritage studies,
cultural studies, Asian studies, anthropology, tourism and
politics.
Heritage and Religion in East Asia examines how religious heritage,
in a mobile way, plays across national boundaries in East Asia and,
in doing so, the book provides new theoretical insights into the
articulation of heritage and religion. Drawing on primary,
comparative research carried out in four East Asian countries, much
of which was undertaken by East Asian scholars, the book shows how
the inscription of religious items as "Heritage" has stimulated
cross-border interactions among religious practitioners and boosted
tourism along modern pilgrimage routes. Considering how these
forces encourage cross-border links in heritage practices and
religious movements in China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan, the
volume also questions what role heritage plays in a region where
Buddhism, Taoism, and other various folk religious practices are
dominant. Arguing that it is diversity and vibrancy that makes
religious discourse in East Asia unique, the contributors explore
how this particularity both energizes and is empowered by heritage
practices in East Asia. Heritage and Religion in East Asia enriches
understanding of the impact of heritage and religious culture in
modern society and will be of interest to academics and students
working in heritage studies, anthropology, religion, and East Asian
studies.
Heritage Politics in China: The Power of the Past studies the
impact of heritage policies and discourses on the Chinese state and
Chinese society. It sheds light on the way Chinese heritage
policies have transformed the narratives and cultural practices of
the past to serve the interests of the present. As well as
reinforcing a collective social identity, heritage in China has
served as an instrument of governance and regulation at home and a
tool to generate soft power abroad. Drawing on a critical analysis
of heritage policies and laws, empirical case studies and
interviews with policymakers, practitioners, and local communities,
the authors off er a comprehensive perspective on the role that
cultural heritage plays in Chinese politics and policy. They argue
that heritage-making appropriates international, national, and
local values, thereby transforming it into a public good suitable
for commercial exploitation. By framing heritage as a site of
cooperation, contestation, and negotiation, this book contributes
to our understanding of the complex nature of heritage in the
rapidly shifting landscape of contemporary China. Heritage Politics
in China: The Power of the Past is essential reading for academics,
researchers and students in the fi elds of heritage studies,
cultural studies, Asian studies, anthropology, tourism and
politics.
Critical Heritage Studies is a new and fast-growing
interdisciplinary field of study seeking to explore power relations
involved in the production and meaning-making of cultural heritage.
Politics of Scale offers a global, multi- and interdisciplinary
point of view to the scaled nature of heritage, and provides a
theoretical discussion on scale as a social construct and a method
in Critical Heritage Studies. The international contributors
provide examples and debates from a range of diverse countries,
discuss how heritage and scale interact in current processes of
heritage meaning-making, and explore heritage-scale relationship as
a domain of politics.
Critical Heritage Studies is a new and fast-growing
interdisciplinary field of study seeking to explore power relations
involved in the production and meaning-making of cultural heritage.
Politics of Scale offers a global, multi- and interdisciplinary
point of view to the scaled nature of heritage, and provides a
theoretical discussion on scale as a social construct and a method
in Critical Heritage Studies. The international contributors
provide examples and debates from a range of diverse countries,
discuss how heritage and scale interact in current processes of
heritage meaning-making, and explore heritage-scale relationship as
a domain of politics.
As one of the world's fastest growing industries, heritage tourism
is surrounded by political and ethical issues. This research
explores the social and political effects and implications of
heritage tourism through several pertinent topics. It examines the
hegemonic power of heritage tourism and its consequences, the
spectre of nationalism and colonialism in heritage-making,
particularly for minorities and indigenous peoples, and the paradox
of heritage tourism's role in combating these issues. Drawing from
global cases, the study addresses a range of approaches and
challenges of empowerment within the context of heritage tourism,
including cultural landscapes, intangible heritage and eco-museums.
The research argues that heritage tourism has the potential to
develop as a form of co-production. It can be used to create a
mechanism for community-centred governance that integrates
recognition and interpretation and promotes dialogue, equity and
diversity.
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