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Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2022

Pierre Fuller
Affiliation:
Sciences Po, Center for History, Paris
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The introduction lays out the rationale behind Modern Erasures and the approach it takes to the study of cultural memory of China’s recent past. The book breaks down the latter into two types of memory generated by communities and the varied forces of national revolution, respectively – what the book terms communal and revolutionary memory. It also discusses challenges posed by the historical record on early republican China, and on rural areas in particular, and what the prism of disaster events and mutual aid offers researchers in the study of remote, rural communities. It then considers the study of Maoist culture and violence, followed by the implications that historiographic gaps in knowledge on early twentieth-century rural China have for the study and understanding of modernity and colonialism on a global scale. Finally, it explains the use of the terms deinscription and reinscription for the processes of cultural erasure examined throughout the book.

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Modern Erasures
Revolution, the Civilizing Mission, and the Shaping of China's Past
, pp. 1 - 28
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Introduction
  • Pierre Fuller
  • Book: Modern Erasures
  • Online publication: 31 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009026512.001
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  • Introduction
  • Pierre Fuller
  • Book: Modern Erasures
  • Online publication: 31 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009026512.001
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  • Introduction
  • Pierre Fuller
  • Book: Modern Erasures
  • Online publication: 31 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009026512.001
Available formats
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