Seeking Lost Codes in the Wilderness
The Search for a Hainanese Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8085876 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Feng Chongyi, Chongyi Feng (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 160 |
| Issue | 160 |
| Pages | 1036-1056 |
| Publication date | 1999-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The China Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-4439 • E-ISSN: 1468-2648 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0305741000001430 |
| PMID | 20101809 |
| OpenAlex | W2126299680 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 8 |
Regional and provincial cultures have (re)emerged in China since the 1980s, regardless of their previous existence or articulation. Although it is not yet clear whether this represents the seemingly powerful trend of fragmentation or nothing but a superficial phenomenon generated by the unprecedented pace of economic integration throughout the country, there is every reason to believe that regional and provincial cultures, or identities, in China have been (re)shaped by the new process of modernization, decentralization and international interactions that have characterized the reform era. Competition for resources, markets and preferential policies have forced every locality to mobilize support from their local populations; reform, decentralization, marketization, internationalization, growing provincial autonomy and the decline of state ideology have combined to challenge some time-honoured traditions and provide an opportunity for the discourse of regional cultures and identities. While it is almost a common belief in China that a construction of a glorious past will inevitably lead to the self-confidence needed for a nation or community to build a better future, some see the current reforms as an opportunity to rid themselves of, or distance themselves from, the anti-commerce, anti-individual conservatism assumed to be inherent in the Chinese state ideology; others, those in the south-east coastal area in particular, find themselves natural heirs to the open and dynamic entrepreneurial culture suppressed by the centralized state in the past
China · Decentralization · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Ideology · International trade · Internationalization · Marketization · Modernization theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy
| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2022 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |