Reconsidering cultural heritage in East Asia /

The concept of 'cultural heritage' has acquired increasing currency in culture, politics and societies in East Asia. However, in spite of a number of research projects in this field, our understanding of how the past and its material expressions have been perceived, conceptualised and expe...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors:	Matsuda, Akira, 1975- (Editor), Mengoni, Luisa E. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Ubiquity Press, 2016.
Subjects:	Cultural property > China. Cultural property > Japan. Cultural property > Korea (South) China > Cultural policy. Japan > Cultural policy. Korea (South) > Cultural policy. Arts, East Asian. Cultural policy. Cultural property. China. Japan. Korea (South) Asia. Humanities. Society and culture: general. Society and social sciences Society and social sciences. Sociology and anthropology. The arts. The arts: general issues. HISTORY / Asia / General. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Reconsidering cultural heritage in East Asia / Akira Matsuda and Luisa Elena Mengoni
Considering undercurrents in Japanese cultural heritage management / Masahiro Ogino
Evolving and contested cultural heritage in China / Marina Svensson
The emergence of 'cultural heritage' in China / Guolong Lai
Ethnic heritage in Yunnan / Fuquan Yang
Cultural heritage in Korea : from a Japanese perspective / Toshiro Asakura
The concept of 'cultural landscapes' in relation to the historic port town of Tomo / Kazuo Mouri
Shaping Japan's disaster heritage / Megan Good.