A Road Is Made: Roads, Temples, and Historical Memory in Ya'an County, Sichuan

Flower discusses the building of the North Road, a rural highway in Ya'an County in Sichuan, China. The road is a metaphor for connection with the state, but it is also a means for negotiating that connection. He is interested in exploring the changing balance between local knowledge and state...

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Published in:The Journal of Asian studies 2004-08, Vol.63 (3), p.649-685
Main Author: FLOWER, John M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asian studies
Buddhism
Capitalism
China
Chinese culture
Cities
Civilization
Confucianism
Cultural development
Cultural relations
Ethnology
Highway construction
History
Infrastructure
Memory
Metaphor
Modernity
Modernization
Morality
Morphological source materials
Mosques & temples
Nation states
Negotiation
Peasant class
Peasants
Postcolonialism
Religious rituals
Road construction
Roads
Roads & highways
Rural areas
Social criticism & satire
Social impact
Technological change
Technology
Temples
Toll roads
Towns
Transport, communications, navigation
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Summary:Flower discusses the building of the North Road, a rural highway in Ya'an County in Sichuan, China. The road is a metaphor for connection with the state, but it is also a means for negotiating that connection. He is interested in exploring the changing balance between local knowledge and state power as shown in the history of struggles over the road.
ISSN:0021-9118
1752-0401