| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 297 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Introduction. Cultural Heritage Politics in China: An Introduction / Helaine Silverman, Tami Blumenfield -- Does the Institution of Property Rights Matter for Heritage Preservation? Evidence from China / Zijun Tang -- Local, Regional, National and International Interests in a World Heritage Era. Chinese Cosmopolitanism (Tianxia He Shijie Zhuyi) in China's Heritage Tourism / Margaret Byrne Swain -- Groping for Stones to Cross the River: Governing Heritage in Emei / Yujie Zhu, Na Li -- Local versus National Interests in the Promotion and Management of a Heritage Site: A Case Study from Zhejiang Province, China / Wei Zhao -- Tourism, Migration and the Politics of Built Heritage in Lijiang, China / Xiaobo Su -- Dancing in the Market: Reconfiguring Commerce and Heritage in Lijiang / Heather A. Peters -- Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Undesignated Sites. Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Claiming Heritage in the Longji Terraced Fields Scenic Area / Jenny Chio -- Re-constructing Cultural Heritage and Imagining Wa Primitiveness in the China/Myanmar Borderlands / Tzu-kai Liu -- The Politics of Museums and Collections. Beijing's Museums in the Context of the 2008 Beijing Olympics / Curtis Ashton -- Community Empowerment at the Periphery? Participatory Approaches to Heritage Protection in Guizhou, China / William Nitzky -- Routes as Heritage: Branding Space in a Global(ized) China. The Ancient Tea Horse Road and the Politics of Cultural Heritage in Southwest China: Regional Identity in the Context of a Rising China / Gary Sigley -- Branding Tengchong: Globalization, Road Building, and Spatial Reconfigurations in Yunnan, Southwest China / Yongming Zhou -- The Role of Underwater Archaeology in Framing and Facilitating the Chinese National Strategic Agenda / Jeff Adams -- Afterword. China's Tangled Web of Heritage / Stevan Harrell |
| Summary |
This volume explores China's cultural heritage ideology and policies from three interrelated perspectives: the State and World Heritage tourism; cultural heritage tourism at sites not designated through an international system; and the cultural politics of museums and collections. It also considers the broader implications of China as a heritage power as the nation mobilizes routes beyond its borders as essential components of its own patrimony. The volume is timely because a cultural heritage designation craze is underway in China. Officials at many levels now see heritage preservation as a means for commoditizing and developing their regions. They are devoting new resources and attention to national and international heritage designations, but contradictions and complications in the actual practices of designating and protecting heritage abound. Thus, addressing cultural heritage politics in a nation dedicated to designation is an important project, particularly in the context of a rapidly growing economy increasingly interested in asserting its cultural power beyond its borders. Cultural Heritage Politics in China addresses a wide range of cultural heritage issues, providing an excellent mix of interdisciplinary case studies: historic vernacular urban environments, ethnic tourism, scenic tourism, pilgrimage as tourism, museums, border heritage, underwater remains, and the actual governance and management of the sites[TB4]. Moreover, the volume draws from an impressive range of contributors, including scholars from China, Hong Kong, Australia, Europe, and the United States, who have both scholarly and applied experience in the fields of heritage tourism and museum studies. In addition to their extensive field research, many contributors have served as consultants for UNESCO, helped China develop applications for World Heritage sites, and consulted with museums. With its extensive case studies from experienced heritage experts, Cultural Heritage Politics in China provides an outstanding introduction to current cultural heritage issues in China and contributes to Chinese studies for those with greater knowledge of the area |
| Analysis |
Social sciences |
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Regional planning |
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Archaeology |
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Cultural Heritage |
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Regional and Cultural Studies |
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cultureel onderzoek |
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cultural research |
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archeologie |
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cultureel erfgoed |
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sociale wetenschappen |
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Social Sciences (General) |
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Sociale wetenschappen (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Cultural property -- Political aspects -- China
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Cultural property -- Protection -- Political aspects -- China
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Borderlands -- Political aspects -- China
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Multiculturalism -- China
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Historic preservation -- China
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Cultural property -- Protection -- Law and legislation -- China
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Droit.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Cultural property
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Cultural property -- Protection -- Law and legislation
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Archaeology.
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Cultural studies.
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China.
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Regional studies.
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Society & culture: general.
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Social & cultural anthropology.
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Society.
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Cultural policy
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| Subject |
China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Blumenfield, Tami, editor.
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Silverman, Helaine, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781461468745 |
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1461468744 |
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