Borderland Memories - Searching for Historical Identity in Post-Mao China

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Reconfiguring cultural production in the post-Mao transition; 2. Borderland ambiguities in narratives of modernization and liberation; 3. Relocating the nation outside the nation: forging a borderland-centered nationalist discourse; 4. The 'historical science' of Wenshi Ziliao; 5. Affective community and historical rehabilitation: 'widely making friends' to re-secure political loyalty; 6. Mobilizing a 'patriotic united front'; 7. Local, regional, and national dynamics of Wenshi Ziliao production; Conclusion.

About the author

Martin T. Fromm is an assistant professor at Worcester State University. He is the editor of the academic journal Currents in Teaching and Learning.

Summary

In the 1980s, a Chinese state-sponsored oral history project led to the publication of local, regional, and national histories. These histories are the basis of this innovative study of ideology formation and political mobilization, post-Cultural Revolution reconciliation, and the recovery of borderland identities in early post-Mao China.

Product details

• Authors: Martin T Fromm, Martin T. Fromm
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781108469289
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46928-9
• No. of pages: 307
• Series: Cambridge Studies in the Histo; Cambridge Studies in the History of the People's Republic of China
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, Oral History, HISTORY / Asia / General, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Asian History, History and Archaeology, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989