Routledge Handbook of Heritage in Asia (Routledge Handbooks)

This Handbook is the first major volume to examine the conservation of Asia’s culture and nature in relation to the wider social, political and economic forces shaping the region today. Throughout Asia rapid economic and social change means the region’s heritage is at once under threat and undergoing a revival as never before. As societies look forward, competing forces ensure they re-visit the past and the inherited, with the conservation of nature and culture now driven by the broader agendas of identity politics, tradition, revival, rapid development, environmentalism and sustainability. In response to these new and important trends, the twenty three accessible chapters here go beyond sector specific analyses to examine heritage in inter-disciplinary and critically engaged terms, encompassing the natural and the cultural, the tangible and intangible. Emerging environmentalisms, urban planning, identity politics, conflict memorialization, tourism and biodiversity are among the topics covered here. This path-breaking volume will be of particular interest to students and scholars working in the fields of heritage, tourism, archaeology, Asian studies, geography, anthropology, development, sociology, and cultural and postcolonial studies. Across Asia Today Rapid Economic And Social Change Means The Region's Heritage Is At Once Under Threat And Undergoing A Revival As Never Before. This Volume Examines Heritage As A Key Component In The Unfolding Modernities Of Asia, Moving Between Analytical Scales To Address Questions Of Tourism, Urban Planning, National Or Ethnic Expressions Of Identity, Conflict Memorialisation, And Biodiversity. For Some, Heritage Has Become An Effective Means For Protecting Those Landscapes, Rituals, Artefacts Or Traditional Values Endangered By Rapid Socio-economic Change. For Others, It Has Emerged As A Valuable Resource For Achieving Wider Goals Such As Poverty Alleviation, Nation Building Or The Cultural Profiling Of Citizens. In Certain Instances However, Heritage Protection Represents An Obstacle Inhibiting Progress, National Unification, Or The Shedding Of Unwanted Memories. The Routledge Handbook Of Heritage In Asia Offers An Expansive Account Of The Complexities Of Heritage In Relation To A Series Of Wider Historical, Socio-political, Environmental And Physical Changes. The International Team Of Contributors Take An Interdisciplinary Approach And Present Both New Challenges And New Directions For Our Understanding Of Contemporary Asia. With Chapters Covering The Entire Region, This Handbook Will Be Of Interest Across A Wide Range Of Disciplines Including: Heritage Studies, Asian Studies, Cultural Sociology, Religious Studies, And Social Policy In Asia.--publisher's Description. Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. Heritage In Asia: Converging Forces, Conflicting Values / Patrick Daly -- Pt. I Challenging Conservation: The View From Asia -- 2. `same Same But Different?': A Roundtable Discussion On The Philosophies, Methodologies, And Practicalities Of Conserving Cultural Heritage In Asia / Aparna Tandon -- 3. Unbearable Impermanence Of Things: Reflections On Buddhism, Cultural Memory And Heritage Conservation / Maurizio Peleggi -- 4. From Multi-religious Sites To Mono-religious Monuments In South Asia: The Colonial Legacy Of Heritage Management / Himanshu Prabha Ray -- 5. Exotification, Conservation And The History Of Natural Heritage In Indonesia / Timothy P. Barnard -- 6. Beyond Band-aids: The Need For Specialised Materials Conservation Expertise In Asia / Kecia L. Fong -- Pt. Ii Politics And Governance Of Heritage -- 7. States, Governance And The Politics Of Culture: World Heritage In Asia / William Logan -- 8. `selecting The Refined And Discarding The Dross': The Post-1990 Chinese Leadership's Attitude Towards Cultural Tradition / Jiawen Ai -- 9. Legislating To Safeguard Asia's Intangible Cultural Heritage / Georgina Lloyd -- 10. Intangible Cultural Heritage And Peace Building In Indonesia And East Timor / Birgit Brauchler -- 11. Revitalisation Of Khmer Ethnic Identity In Thailand: Empowerment Or Confinement? / Alexandra Denes -- 12. Political-ecological Heritage Of Resource Contest And Conflict / Michael R. Dove -- Pt. Iii Rethinking Relationships, Remembrance And Loss -- 13. Modernity, Socialism And Heritage In Asia / Colin Long -- 14. War And Revolution As National Heritage: `red Tourism' In China / Horng-luen Wang -- 15. Politics Of Loss And Nostalgia In Luang Prabang (lao Pdr) / David Berliner -- 16. Rethinking Relationships: World Heritage, Communities And Tourism / Russell Staiff -- 17. Heritage Challenges In Asian Urban Cultural Landscape Settings / Ken Taylor -- Pt. Iv Negotiating Modernity And Globalisation -- 18. Heritage And Modernity In India / Jyoti Hosagrahar -- 19. Anti-superstition: Campaigns Against Popular Religion And Its Heritage In Asia / Denis Byrne -- 20. Globalisation And Sacred Adivasi Landscapes In Eastern India / Vinita Damodaran -- 21. Shifting Pilgrim-trails And Temple-towns In India / Kiran A. Shinde -- 22. Asian Orientalism: Perceptions Of Buddhist Heritage In Japan / Aki Toyoyama -- 23. Fighting Modernity: Traditional Chinese Martial Arts And The Transmission Of Intangible Cultural Heritage / Patrick Daly. Edited By Patrick Daly Andtim Winter. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.