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Understanding Authenticity in Chinese Cultural Heritage explores the construction of authenticity and its consequences in relation to Chinese cultural heritageâthose objects, texts, and intangible practices concerned with Chinaâs past.

Including contributions from scholars around the world reflecting on a range of different materials and time periods, Understanding Authenticity emphasizes the situatedness and fluidity of authenticity concepts. Attitudes toward authenticity change over time and place, and vary between communities and object types, among stakeholders in China as they do elsewhere. The book examines how authenticity relates to four major aspects of cultural heritage in Chinaâart and material culture; cultural heritage management and preservation; living and intangible heritage; and texts and manuscriptsâwith individual contributions engaging in a critical and interdisciplinary conversation that weaves together heritage management, art history, ar

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Published 10 July 2024
      ISBN-13 9781032269900
      978-1032269900
      ISBN-10 1032269901
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Understanding Authenticity in Chinese Cultural Heritage explores the construction of authenticity and its consequences in relation to Chinese cultural heritageâthose objects, texts, and intangible practices concerned with Chinaâs past.

      Including contributions from scholars around the world reflecting on a range of different materials and time periods, Understanding Authenticity emphasizes the situatedness and fluidity of authenticity concepts. Attitudes toward authenticity change over time and place, and vary between communities and object types, among stakeholders in China as they do elsewhere. The book examines how authenticity relates to four major aspects of cultural heritage in Chinaâart and material culture; cultural heritage management and preservation; living and intangible heritage; and texts and manuscriptsâwith individual contributions engaging in a critical and interdisciplinary conversation that weaves together heritage management, art history, ar

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