Governing the Dead : : Martyrs, Memorials, and Necrocitizenship in Modern China / / Linh D. Vu.
In Governing the Dead, Linh D. Vu explains how the Chinese Nationalist regime consolidated control by honoring its millions of war dead, allowing China to emerge rapidly from the wreckage of the first half of the twentieth century to become a powerful state, supported by strong nationalistic sentime...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (294 p.) :; 11 b&w halftones, 1 map |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Map
- Introduction
- 1. Manufacturing Republican Martyrdom
- 2. Defining the Necrocitizenry
- 3. Consoling the Bereaved
- 4. Gendering the Republic
- 5. Democratizing National Martyrdom
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Major Commemoration and Compensation Regulations
- List of Characters
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index