{"title":"Song Hou","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSong Hou\u003c\/strong\u003e offers in-depth explorations into the complexities of cultural heritage through the lens of history. Readers can expect works that thoughtfully engage with how traditions and narratives shape collective memory and identity, particularly within Chinese contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCombining rigorous scholarship with accessible prose, Song Hou's writings illuminate intersections between history and cultural discourse. These books appeal to those interested in understanding the enduring impact of heritage on modern society.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-chinese-discourse-of-heritage-by-song-hou-9781009495646","title":"A Chinese Discourse of Heritage","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Element presents an alternative approach to critical heritage studies by attending to forgotten or transformed cultural, historical ideas of heritage. It focuses on the Chinese term \u003cem\u003eguji\u003c\/em\u003e (古迹 ancient traces or vestiges), perceived today as the same as the modern concept of cultural heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a macroanalysis of how \u003cem\u003eguji\u003c\/em\u003e is understood differently in contemporary and historical China, it comes to cultural-historical discourse analysis of \u003cem\u003eguji\u003c\/em\u003e recorded in the local gazetteers of Quzhou from the 1500s to the 1920s, revealing its way of categorisation as boundary negotiation and cultural modes of meaning-making and remembering, either with or without physical remains or a verifiable site.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a holistic view of this Chinese discourse as reflected in a particular \u003cem\u003eguji\u003c\/em\u003e, it concludes with a philosophical lens to highlight the alternative existence of heritage in the word \u003cem\u003eguji\u003c\/em\u003e and the uses of heritage as the uses of language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47397680283884,"sku":"9781009495646","price":75.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/bdad99f6ca9197753b6bd904e7712a0a.jpg?v=1773720045"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/song-hou.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}