| Description |
1 online resource (323 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Contemporary Asia Series |
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Routledge contemporary Asia series.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Part One Examining Asia's Heritage in the Contemporary World: Key Notions -- 1 Introduction -- Mega Asia Through Asia's Heritage -- Locating this Book Within the Existing Literature and Its Original Contributions -- Layout of the Volume -- References -- 2 Asia's Heritage Trend: Underpinning the Existing Components and Perspectives -- Introduction -- The Western Defining and Redefining of the 'Orient' and 'Asia' Through the Different Periods |
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The Ancient Greeks and Asia -- Sixteenth Century Europeans and Asia -- Eighteenth Century Europeans and Their Quest to Colonise Asia -- The West and the East After the Second World War -- Remarks: the Evolution of Western Definitions and Meanings of 'Asia' -- The Sub-Regional Referencing of Asia and Its Heritage According to the UN's Geoscheme for Asia -- Remarks On the Sub-Regional Referencing of Asia and Its Heritage According to the UN's Geoscheme for Asia -- The Thematically Presented Literature On Asia's Heritage, According to the Western Framework of Heritage |
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Asia's Heritage Trend: the Existing Components and Perspectives -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- 3 Heritage Values in Comparative Perspective -- Influences -- Uses of Heritage in Europe and Asia -- Heritage and the Nation State -- Heritage and Community Ownership -- Heritage as a Tourist Resource -- Theorising Heritage Value Globally -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4 An Observation of Asia's Sites On the UNESCO World Heritage List Through Data-Analysis of the Criteria for Selection -- Introduction |
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Quantitative Data Analysis of Asia's Cultural World Heritage Sites -- (1) Identifying Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Site Inscription -- (2) Identifying Spatial and Temporal Patterns of OUV 'Criteria for Selection' -- (3) Identifying the Association Patterns OUV 'Criteria for Selection' -- Qualitative Data Analysis of Asia's Cultural World Heritage Sites -- (1) Revealing the Key Concept Words of the OUV 'Brief Synthesis' Texts -- (2) Revealing the Key Concept Words of the OUV 'Criteria' Texts -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography |
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Part Two Critical and Specific Issues in Asia's Heritage Management -- 5 Silk Road Narratives in East Asia: Cultural Heritage, Cultural Propaganda and Cultural Erasure -- UNESCO and the Silk Road -- BRI and Narratives of Han Nationalism -- Confining the Colonized: Intangible Cultural Heritage -- Xi's 'Silk Road': Uniformity Within, Diversity Without -- South Korea and Japan: Alternative Silk Road Narratives -- Conclusion-Cultural Heritage, the Silk Road and Diversity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 6 Archaeology, Politics and Diplomacy in Afghanistan: The International Years (1946-1978) |
| Summary |
Kim and Zoh bring together a team of contributors to analyse the role of heritage studies across Asia, and its impact on Asia and its constituent countries. A valuable resource for scholars and students of Asian history and culture, archaeology, heritage studies, anthropology and religious studies |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Introduction |
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Cultural property -- Asia
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Archaeology -- Research -- Asia
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Archaeology -- Political aspects -- Asia
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Archaeology -- Social aspects -- Asia
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Historic sites -- Political aspects -- Asia
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Archaeology -- Political aspects.
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Archaeology -- Research.
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Archaeology -- Social aspects.
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Cultural property.
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Asia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zoh, Minjae
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| ISBN |
9781000935240 |
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1000935248 |
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