Johnson, Ian

Sparks: China's underground historians and their battle for the future - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. - xv, 381p., app., note., bib., ind., 24 cm X 16 cm

Recommended by: Rasananda Panda

Content:

I. The Past
1. Introduction: The Landscape Of Memory
Memory :The Hexi Corridor
2. The Ditch

Memory: Facingwalls

3. The Sacrifice

Memory: Bamboo Siips

4. Spark
Memory: Etchings
5. History As' Weapon
Memory: How The Red Sun Rose

6. History As Myth

Memory: National Museum Of China

Ii. The Present
7. The Limits Of Amnesia
Memory : A Landlord\ Mansion
8. The Lost City
Memory: Snow's Visit
9. The Gateway
Memory: Bloodlines
10. Remembrance memory: The Lius Cafe
11. Lay Downyour Butcher's Knife
Memory : Videoing China \ Wllage

Iii. The Future
12. Virus
Memory: Soft Burial
13. Empire
Memory : The Lost Warehouses
14. The Land of Hermits
15. Conclusion: Learning To' Walk Underground
Appendix : Exploring China Underground History


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