Rock, Paper, Scissors
The Nature of Local Sources and Understanding Regional History in Imperial China: Introduction to a theme issue of Jesho
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9086636 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bettine Birge (1Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Southern California, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 4-13 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4995 • E-ISSN: 1568-5209 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156852009x405320 |
| OpenAlex | W1988664586 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Two important trends in the methodology of historical studies have greatly influenced Chinese history over the last twenty years and have opened up new dimensions in the study of the Chinese Middle Period (eighth through fourteenth centuries). These have been first, the turn to local history, and second, the growing inclination, under the influence of postmodern liter ary analysis, of approaching the content of texts as a matter of subjective discourses rather than as sources of objective data. The four papers in this special issue of JESHO each develop aspects of these trends and point the way to new perspectives on Middle-Period Chinese history.1 They each present a case study of sources for local history and analyze their frag mented discourses. They look closely at what the sources say and what they do not say, and they explore the significance of these inclusions and omis sions. Using a variety of local records, especially gazetteers but also funer
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |