Chinese Nationalism in Harmony with European Imperialism
Historical Representation at the Macau Museum
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20041412 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kam-Yee Law (0000-0002-9985-7236, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Pages | 165-179 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | China's Rise to Power (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9781137276742_8 |
| OpenAlex | W2764542471 |
| ISBN | 9781137276742 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Museum enterprise is an integral part of modern states, using the past to construct the present, promoting nationalism and patriotic citizenship, and appealing to domestic as well as foreign visitors. Objects and images are carefully selected to foster a sense of historical and cultural consciousness among the people. Many antiques and relics that the state preserves may be of little humanistic significance, but are intended to create national unity and legitimate the current regime against other political rivals (Hamlish, 2000; Coombes, 1988; Kaplan, ed., 1994). History museums in contemporary China are no exception (Cohen, 2009; Vickers, 2007; Carroll, 2005; Denton, 2005; Steiner, 1995). As Kelvin C. K. Cheung argues in chapter 2, after losing the civil war, Chiang Kai-Shek made the Republic of China on Taiwan the guardian of Han Chinese civilization, and founded the National Palace Museum in Taipei to display a thousand years of unbroken Chinese history. In a similar fashion, the Communists on the Mainland created a network of museums to eradicate feudalism and implement revolutionary change. The Museum of the Chinese Revolution in Tiananmen Square adhered to the red line of Maoism from the 1950s to the 1970s, and the exhibitions changed as frequently as the dominant ideology (Hung, 2005).KeywordsSoft PowerChinese LeaderForeign VisitorCHINESE NationalismTrade CooperationThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves
Ancient history · Art · Art history · China · Civilization · Exhibition · Feudalism · Ideology · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Visual arts · Chinese history and philosophy · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |