Open AccessReview of ‘Ziying You. 2020. Folk Literati, Contested Tradition, and Heritage in Contemporary China: Incense is Kept Burning’
Author(s) -
Corey Moore
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian-european music research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2701-2689
pISSN - 2625-378X
DOI - 10.30819/aemr.7-10
Subject(s) - incense , china , history , power (physics) , cultural heritage , ancient history , archaeology , quantum mechanics , physics
This is a short review of the publication by Ziying You on ‘Folk Literati, Contested Tradition, and Heritagein Contemporary China: Incense is Kept Burning’, which was released by Indiana University Press inBloomington in the year 2020. The topic is highly sensitive to current efforts in reworking writings onhistorical developments in China. This review is important due to the fact that it allows many people toaccess details of the topic and to start a future discourse about some of the arising questions on heritageand historical values as well as about grassroot intellectuals and existing power structures.