Review of ‘Ziying You. 2020. Folk Literati, Contested Tradition, and Heritage in Contemporary China: Incense is Kept Burning’

This is a short review of the publication by Ziying You on ‘Folk Literati, Contested Tradition, and Heritage in Contemporary China: Incense is Kept Burning’, which was released by Indiana University Press in Bloomington in the year 2020. The topic is highly sensitive to current efforts in r...

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Main Author: Corey Moore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Logos Verlag Berlin 2021-06-01
Series:Asian-European Music Research Journal
Online Access:https://www.logos-verlag.de/cgi-bin/engpapermid?doi=10.30819/aemr.7-10&lng=deu&id=
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Summary:This is a short review of the publication by Ziying You on ‘Folk Literati, Contested Tradition, and Heritage in Contemporary China: Incense is Kept Burning’, which was released by Indiana University Press in Bloomington in the year 2020. The topic is highly sensitive to current efforts in reworking writings on historical developments in China. This review is important due to the fact that it allows many people to access details of the topic and to start a future discourse about some of the arising questions on heritage and historical values as well as about grassroot intellectuals and existing power structures.
ISSN:2701-2689
2625-378X