Exhibiting the past : historical memory and the politics of museums in postsocialist China / Kirk A. Denton.
2014
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Ebrary electronic monographs.
Title
Exhibiting the past : historical memory and the politics of museums in postsocialist China / Kirk A. Denton.
Imprint
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2014]
Copyright
©2014.
Description
1 online resource (362 pages) : illustrations
Formatted Contents Note
National origins and local identity: museums of premodern history
Exhibiting the revolution: the museum of the Chinese revolution
Commodification and nostalgia: revolutionary history in the era of the market economy
Martyrdom and memory: monuments, memorials, and museums for dead heroes
Martial glory and the power of the state: military museums
Heroic resistance and victims of atrocity: negotiating the memory of Japanese imperialism
Heroic models and exemplary leaders: memorial halls
Literary politics and cultural heritage: modern literature museums
Ethnic minorities and the construction of national identity: ethnographic museums
Revolutionary memory and national landscape: Red tourism
Museums of the future: municipal urban planning exhibition halls.
Exhibiting the revolution: the museum of the Chinese revolution
Commodification and nostalgia: revolutionary history in the era of the market economy
Martyrdom and memory: monuments, memorials, and museums for dead heroes
Martial glory and the power of the state: military museums
Heroic resistance and victims of atrocity: negotiating the memory of Japanese imperialism
Heroic models and exemplary leaders: memorial halls
Literary politics and cultural heritage: modern literature museums
Ethnic minorities and the construction of national identity: ethnographic museums
Revolutionary memory and national landscape: Red tourism
Museums of the future: municipal urban planning exhibition halls.
Local Note
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Print version: Denton, Kirk A. Exhibiting the past : historical memory and the politics of museums in postsocialist China. Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2014]
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Language
English
ISBN
9780824840068 e-book
9780824836870 (cloth) (alkaline paper)
9780824836870 (cloth) (alkaline paper)
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