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The Invention of Tradition in China: Story of a Village and a Nation Remade

The Invention of Tradition in China: Story of a Village and a Nation Remade - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Suvi RautioPublish date:2024-08-27Pages:260
Language:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9789819738380ISBN-10:9819738385UPC:9789819738380Book Category:Political Science, Social Science, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:World, Regional Studies, Urban & RegionalBook Topic:AsianSize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.69 inchesWeight:1.0714Product ID:SCM40CYX6D

In China, heritage projects are sprouting across the countryside carrying the promise of Xi Jinping's "Chinese dream" as a call for the great revival and rejuvenation of the nation. This book unravels the workings behind these promises through the story of remaking Meili, a Dong ethnic minority village nestled along the margins of China, into a "Traditional Village" heritage site. In a past riven by deep political and societal disruptions, Meili becomes a medium for contesting, mediating and continuously inventing representations of tradition that aligns with the Chinese Communist Party's mission towards continuity and stability. The outcome is an original depiction of the compromises that shape heritage-making in a rural ethnic corner of China. Filled with rich, fine-grained narrative and analysis, Suvi Rautio offers a unique lens to the politics of inventing tradition and its far-reaching consequences in steering China's national identity under Xi Jinping rule.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9789819738380ISBN-10:9819738385UPC:9789819738380Book Category:Political Science, Social Science, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:World, Regional Studies, Urban & RegionalBook Topic:AsianSize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.69 inchesWeight:1.0714Product ID:SCM40CYX6D

Suvi Rautio is a social and cultural anthropologist working on heritage-making and the politics of memory in contemporary China. From spring 2025, she will be a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellow at City University New York and the University of Helsinki.


Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

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2024 Edition

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Suvi Rautio

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