Screen LibraryPlace and memory in the singing crane garden /
The Singing Crane Garden in northwest Beijing has been the site of several important and cataclysmic events in modern Chinese history. In this poetic and highly personal study of memory, trauma, and cultural renewal, Schwarcz brings to life the complex history of a richly layered corner of China...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2008] ©2008 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Penn studies in landscape architecture. |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812291735 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780812291735.jpg |
| Summary: |
The Singing Crane Garden in northwest Beijing has been the site of several important and cataclysmic events in modern Chinese history. In this poetic and highly personal study of memory, trauma, and cultural renewal, Schwarcz brings to life the complex history of a richly layered corner of China's much traversed yet little known cultural landscape. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | 44 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812291735 |
| Index Number: | SB466 |
| CLC: | K928.73 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: A Garden Made Of Language And Time -- 1. Singing Cranes And Manchu Princes -- 2. War Invades The Garden -- 3. Consciousness In The Dark Earth -- 4. Red Terror On The Site Of Ming He Yuan -- 5. Spaciousness Regained In The Museum -- Conclusion: The Past S Tiered Continuum -- Dramatis Personae -- Glossary Of Chinese Terms -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |