Routledge handbook of heritage in Asia / edited by Patrick Daly and Tim Winter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Daly, Patrick T., 1975-

Winter, Tim, 1971-

Series:

Routledge handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural property--Asia.

Cultural property.

Historic preservation--Asia.

Historic preservation.

Heritage tourism--Asia.

Heritage tourism.

Asia--Civilization.

Asia.

Civilization.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 367 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Across Asia today rapid economic and social change means the region's heritage is at once under threat and undergoing a revival as never before. This volume examines heritage as a key component in the unfolding modernities of Asia, moving between analytical scales to address questions of tourism, urban planning, national or ethnic expressions of identity, conflict memorialisation, and biodiversity. For some, heritage has become an effective means for protecting those landscapes, rituals, artefacts or traditional values endangered by rapid socio-economic change. For others, it has emerged as a valuable resource for achieving wider goals such as poverty alleviation, nation building or the cultural profiling of citizens. In certain instances however, heritage protection represents an obstacle inhibiting progress, national unification, or the shedding of unwanted memories. The Routledge Handbook of Heritage in Asia offers an expansive account of the complexities of heritage in relation to a series of wider historical, socio-political, environmental and physical changes. The international team of contributors take an interdisciplinary approach and present both new challenges and new directions for our understanding of contemporary Asia. With chapters covering the entire region, this Handbook will be of interest across a wide range of disciplines including: heritage studies, Asian studies, cultural sociology, religious studies, and social policy in Asia."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

pt. 1. Challenging conservation : the view from Asia

part 2. The politics and governance of heritage

part 3. Rethinking relationships, remembrance and loss

part 4. Negotiating modernity and globalisation.

1 Heritage in Asia: converging forces, conflicting values / Tim Winter Winter, Tim, Patrick Daly Daly, Patrick 1

Part I Challenging conservation: the view From Asia 37

2 'Same same but different?': a roundtable discussion on the philosophies, methodologies, and practicalities of conserving cultural heritage in Asia / Kecia L. Fong Fong, Kecia L., Tim Winter Winter, Tim, Hae Un Rii Rii, Hae Un, Pinraj Khanjanusthiti Khanjanusthiti, Pinraj, Aparna Tandon Tandon, Aparna 39

3 The unbearable impermanence of things: reflections on Buddhism, cultural memory and heritage conservation / Maurizio Peleggi Peleggi, Maurizio 55

4 From multi-religious sites to mono-religious monuments in South Asia: the colonial legacy of heritage management / Himanshu Prabha Ray Ray, Himanshu Prabha 69

5 Exotification, conservation and the history of natural heritage in Indonesia / Timothy P. Barnard Barnard, Timothy P. 85

6 Beyond band-aids: the need for specialised materials conservation expertise in Asia / Jeffrey W. Cody Cody, Jeffrey W., Kecia L. Fong Fong, Kecia L. 98

Part II The politics and governance of heritage 111

7 States, governance and the politics of culture: World Heritage in Asia / William Logan Logan, William 113

8 'Selecting the refined and discarding the dross': the post-1990 Chinese leadership's attitude towards cultural tradition / Jiawen Ai Ai, Jiawen 129

9 Legislating to safeguard Asia's intangible cultural heritage / Georgina Lloyd Lloyd, Georgina 139

10 Intangible cultural heritage and peace building in Indonesia and East Timor / Birgit Bräuchler Bräuchler, Birgit 153

11 The revitalisation of Khmer ethnic identity in Thailand: empowerment or confinement? / Alexandra Denes Denes, Alexandra 168

12 A political-ecological heritage of resource contest and conflict / Michael R. Dove Dove, Michael R. 182

Part III Rethinking relationships, remembrance and loss 199

13 Modernity, socialism and heritage in Asia / Colin Long Long, Colin 201

14 War and revolution as national heritage: 'Red Tourism' in China / Horng-luen Wang Wang, Horng-luen 218

15 The politics of loss and nostalgia in Luang Prabang (Lao PDR) / David Berliner Berliner, David 234

16 Rethinking relationships: world heritage, communities and tourism / Robyn Bushell Bushell, Robyn, Russell Staiff Staiff, Russell 247

17 Heritage challenges in Asian urban cultural landscape settings / Ken Taylor Taylor, Ken 266

Part IV Negotiating modernity and globalisation 281

18 Heritage and modernity in India / Jyoti Hosagrahar Hosagrahar, Jyoti 283

19 Anti-superstition: campaigns against popular religion and its heritage in Asia / Denis Byrne Byrne, Denis 295

20 Globalisation and sacred adivasi landscapes in Eastern India / Virata Damodaran Damodaran, Virata 311

21 Shifting pugrim-trails and temple-towns in India / Kiran A. Shinde Shinde, Kiran A. 328

22 Asian orientalism: perceptions of Buddhist heritage in Japan / Aki Toyoyama Toyoyama, Aki 339

23 Fighting modernity: traditional Chinese martial arts and the transmission of intangible cultural heritage / Patrick Daly Daly, Patrick 350.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780203156001

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