World Heritage Craze in China : : Universal Discourse, National Culture, and Local Memory / / Haiming Yan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Yan, Haiming,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (242 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures --; Tables --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; Chapter 1 From Relics to Heritage --; Chapter 2 From World Heritage to National Solidarity --; Chapter 3 Fujian Tulou: From Harmony to Hegemony --; Chapter 4 Mount Songshan: From the Center of Sacred Mountains to the “Center of Heaven and Earth” --; Chapter 5 The Great Wall: From Ethnic Boundary to Cosmopolitan Memory --; Conclusion World Heritage as Discursive Institution --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781785338052; 9783110998115
• DOI: 10.1515/9781785338052?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Haiming Yan.

There is a World Heritage Craze in China. China claims to have the longest continuous civilization in the world and is seeking recognition from UNESCO. This book explores three dimensions of the UNESCO World Heritage initiative with particular relevance for China: the universal agenda, the national practices, and the local responses. With a sociological lens, this book offers comprehensive insights into World Heritage, as well as China’s deep social, cultural, and political structures.