The Temple of Memories

Autorentext
Jun Jing is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the City University of New York.

Klappentext
This study focuses on the politics of memory in the village of Dachuan in northwest China, in which 85 percent of the villagers are surnamed Kong and believe themselves to be descendants of Confucius. It recounts both how this proud community was subjected to intense suffering during the Maoist era, culminating in its forcible resettlement in December 1960 to make way for the construction of a major hydroelectric dam, and how the village eventually sought recovery through the commemoration of that suffering and the revival of a redefined religion.
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Inhalt
1. Introduction: a study of social memory; 2. Memory of historical possibilities; 3. Memory of revolutionary terror; 4. Memory of communal trauma; 5. Memory of local animosity; 6. Memory of ritual language; 7. Memory of genealogical retainers; 8. Memory of cultural symbols; 9. Finding memories in Gansu; Notes; Index.

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