Exhibiting the past : historical memory and the politics of museums in postsocialist China /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Denton, Kirk A., 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2014]
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.