《Material Culture, Power, and Identity in Ancient China》是Cambridge University Press出版的圖書，作者是Xiaolong Wu
基本介紹
- ISBN：9781107134027
- 作者：Xiaolong Wu
- 出版社：Cambridge University Press
- 出版時間：2017年4月10日
- 頁數：260
- 定價：USD 110.00
- 裝幀：Hardcover
內容簡介
http://www.cambridge.org/cn/academic/subjects/archaeology/archaeology-asia-sub-saharan-africa-and-pacific/material-culture-power-and-identity-ancient-china?format=HB In this book, Xiaolong Wu offers a comprehensive and in-depth study of the Zhongshan state during China's Warring States Period (476–221 BCE). Analyzing artefacts, inscriptions, and grandiose funerary structures wi...(展開全部) http://www.cambridge.org/cn/academic/subjects/archaeology/archaeology-asia-sub-saharan-africa-and-pacific/material-culture-power-and-identity-ancient-china?format=HB In this book, Xiaolong Wu offers a comprehensive and in-depth study of the Zhongshan state during China's Warring States Period (476–221 BCE). Analyzing artefacts, inscriptions, and grandiose funerary structures within a broad archaeological context, he illuminates the connections between power and identity, and the role of material culture in asserting and communicating both. The author brings an interdisciplinary approach to this study. He combines and cross-examines all available categories of evidence, including archaeological, textual, art historical, and epigraphical, enabling innovative interpretations and conclusions that challenge conventional views regarding Zhongshan and ethnicity in ancient China. Wu reveals the complex relationship between material culture, cultural identity, and statecraft intended by the royal patrons. He demonstrates that the Zhongshan king Cuo constructed a hybrid cultural identity, consolidated his power, and aimed to maintain political order at court after his death through the buildings, sculpture, and inscriptions that he commissioned. Presents new, innovative ways of interpreting Zhongshan remains and texts that take into account agency, statecraft, and identity construction Takes an interdisciplinary approach that combines archaeological, art historical, historical, and epigraphical analysis Provides focused, detailed and in-depth analysis of all a
