Chinese Heitage in the Making : Experiences, Negotiations and Contestations

The Chinese state uses cultural heritage as a source of power by linking it to political and economic goals, but heritage discourse has at the same time encouraged new actors to appropriate the discourse to protect their own traditions. This book focuses on that contested nature of heritage, especially through the lens of individuals, local communities, religious groups, and heritage experts. It examines the effect of the internet on heritage-isation, as well as how that process affects different groups of people.

Acknowledgements 9-- 1 Mapping the Chinese Heritage Regime Ruptures, Governmentality, and Agency Marina Svensson and Christina Maagn s 11-- Section I Re-imagining the Past: Contested Memories and Contemporary Issues 2 Telling Stories in a Borderland The Evolving Life of Ma Bufang's Official Residence Susette Cooke 41-- 3 From a Symbol of Imperialistic Penetration to a Site of Cultural Heritage The Italian-Style Exotic District in Tianjin Hong Chang 67-- 4 Historic Urban Landscape in Beijing The Gulou Project and Its Contested Memories Florence Graezer Bideau and Haiming Yan 93-- Section Il Celebrating and Experiencing Cultural Heritage: Top-down and Bottom-up Processes and Negotiations 5 Creating a Race to the Top Hierarchies and Competition within the Chinese ICH Transmitters System Christina Maags 121-- 6 Heritagizing the Chaozhou Hungry Ghosts Festival in Hong Kong 145-- 7 Recognition and Misrecognition The Politics of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Southwest China Tami Blumenfield 169-- 8 Holy Heritage Identity and Authenticity in a Tibetan Village Sonja Laukkanen 195-- Section III Public Debates in Heritage Work: Possibilities and Limitations for Plural Voices and New Forms of Engagements 9 Heritage Visions of Mayor Geng Yanbo Re-creating the City of Datong Jinze Cui 223-- 10 The Revitalization of Zhizhu Temple Policies, Actors, Debates Lui Tam 245-- 11 Heritage 2.0 Maintaining Affective Engagements with the Local Heritage in Taishun Marina Svensson 269-- Abbreviations 293-- Index 295