Exhibiting the past [electronic resource] : historical memory and the politics of museums in postsocialist China / Kirk A. Denton.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

National origins and local identity: museums of premodern history -- Exhibiting the revolution: the museum of the Chinese revolution -- Commodification and nostalgia: revolutionary history in the era of the market economy -- Martyrdom and memory: monuments, memorials, and museums for dead heroes -- Martial glory and the power of the state: military museums -- Heroic resistance and victims of atrocity: negotiating the memory of Japanese imperialism -- Heroic models and exemplary leaders: memorial halls -- Literary politics and cultural heritage: modern literature museums -- Ethnic minorities and the construction of national identity: ethnographic museums -- Revolutionary memory and national landscape: Red tourism -- Museums of the future: municipal urban planning exhibition halls.

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