LEADER 03191cam 2200541 i 4500001 on1198977584 003 OCoLC 005 20210803115906.1 008 200925t20212021nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 2020043462 020 9781501756504 020 1501756508 |qhardcover 020 |z9781501756511 |qelectronic book 020 |z9781501756528 |qelectronic publication 035 (Sirsi) o1198977584 035 (OCoLC)1198977584 040 NIC/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dBDX |dOCLCF |dYDX |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 a-cc--- 050 00 DS775.7 |b.V8 2021 082 00 951.04 |223 100 1 Vu, Linh D., |d1985- |eauthor. |=^A1427800 245 10 Governing the dead : |bmartyrs, memorials, and necrocitizenship in modern China / |cLinh D. Vu. 264 1 Ithaca : |bCornell University Press, |c2021. 264 4 |c̐u2021 300 x, 281 pages : |billustrations, maps ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Manufacturing Republican Martyrdom -- Defining the Necrocitizenry -- Consoling the Bereaved -- Gendering the Republic -- Democratizing National Martyrdom. 520 "Twenty to thirty million Chinese, military and civilian, lost their lives during the fall of the empire, internecine wars, foreign invasion, and natural disasters in the first half of the twentieth century. How did China emerge so quickly from the wreckages of war into a powerful state, supported by strong nationalistic sentiment and institutional infrastructure? Linh Vu argues that, although the Communist forces prevailed in 1949, the Nationalists had already laid the foundation for the modern nation-state through the strategic use of their millions of dead. By selecting among the millions of victims of violence whom to enshrine as national ancestors, the Republic of China connected the living to the idea of the nation, emotionally and ritualistically facilitating loyalty to the 'imagined community'"-- |cProvided by publisher. 650 0 Memorialization |xPolitical aspects |zChina |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A603912 650 0 Nationalism and collective memory |zChina |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A1113756 650 0 War memorials |xPolitical aspects |zChina |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A574857 650 0 War cemeteries |xPolitical aspects |zChina |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A1428432 650 7 Nationalism and collective memory. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01744143 650 7 War memorials |xPolitical aspects. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01170513 651 7 China. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01206073 |?UNAUTHORIZED 648 7 1900-1999 |2fast 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 |iOnline version:Vu, Linh D., 1985- |tGoverning the dead. |dIthaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021 |z9781501756511 |w(DLC) 2020043463 949 Order on Demand |wASIS |hJOYNER219 960 |o1 |s49.95 |uJHIS |zUSD 961 |fDMD |m138099 596 1 998 5659167