Commemorating and burying dead comrades: Revolutionary martyrs’ cemeteries in China and North Korea

The paper examines the state sponsored, often vast cemeteries built to bury or commemorate the fallen ‘martyrs’ during revolutionary or civil wars in two Communist countries, China and North Korea. The legitimization of governments has always been an important issue with such burial sites and recent...

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Main Author:	Gwendolyn Leick
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Bologna 2015-12-01
Series:	In_Bo
Subjects:	China War cemeteries Revolution Ideology, Landscape
Online Access:	http://in_bo.unibo.it/article/view/6085

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spelling	doaj-73ec66f9ae7f411b9e407b81c46fb3602020-11-24T23:26:30ZengUniversity of BolognaIn_Bo2036-16022015-12-016816617810.6092/issn.2036-1602/60855550Commemorating and burying dead comrades: Revolutionary martyrs’ cemeteries in China and North KoreaGwendolyn Leick0Chelsea College of Art and DesignThe paper examines the state sponsored, often vast cemeteries built to bury or commemorate the fallen ‘martyrs’ during revolutionary or civil wars in two Communist countries, China and North Korea. The legitimization of governments has always been an important issue with such burial sites and recent renovations of existing, as well as new constructions, in both countries show the continuing relevance of the policy. Of interest is also the way in which architectural, sculptural and landscape symbolization were employed to construct imagery that sometimes defies intended ideological messages.http://in_bo.unibo.it/article/view/6085ChinaWar cemeteriesRevolutionIdeology, Landscape
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title	Commemorating and burying dead comrades: Revolutionary martyrs’ cemeteries in China and North Korea
title_short	Commemorating and burying dead comrades: Revolutionary martyrs’ cemeteries in China and North Korea
title_full	Commemorating and burying dead comrades: Revolutionary martyrs’ cemeteries in China and North Korea
title_fullStr	Commemorating and burying dead comrades: Revolutionary martyrs’ cemeteries in China and North Korea
title_full_unstemmed	Commemorating and burying dead comrades: Revolutionary martyrs’ cemeteries in China and North Korea
title_sort	commemorating and burying dead comrades: revolutionary martyrs’ cemeteries in china and north korea
publisher	University of Bologna
series	In_Bo
issn	2036-1602
publishDate	2015-12-01
description	The paper examines the state sponsored, often vast cemeteries built to bury or commemorate the fallen ‘martyrs’ during revolutionary or civil wars in two Communist countries, China and North Korea. The legitimization of governments has always been an important issue with such burial sites and recent renovations of existing, as well as new constructions, in both countries show the continuing relevance of the policy. Of interest is also the way in which architectural, sculptural and landscape symbolization were employed to construct imagery that sometimes defies intended ideological messages.
topic	China War cemeteries Revolution Ideology, Landscape
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Commemorating and burying dead comrades: Revolutionary martyrs’ cemeteries in China and North Korea

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