Regional Culture and National Identity: The Formation of Guangdong Cultural Views Since the Late Qing Dynasty

Author: Cheng Meibao
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book attempts to discuss the historical process by which the narrative framework of "regional culture" was formed during the late Qing Dynasty to the Republican era. The expression of "regional culture" in modern China focuses on historical narration, racial lineage, academic heritage, vernacular writing, and local folklore. The connotations of these categories were accumulated through political dialogue within specific historical. The establishment of the discourse of modern "regional culture" also marked the transition of China's national concept from "all under heaven" to "nation." Scholars continuously adjusted their tones and added their own voices, using regional culture to express their vision of the nation, thereby establishing a dialectical and unified relationship between national identity and local identity.