Transnationality And Nationalism: Shared And Contested Memories Of Wu Lien-teh Across East And Southeast Asia In Post-sars Era
Maurice Halbwachs proposed that the reading of the pasts is shaped by interests and needs of the present. The surging interest in Wu Lien-Teh— Penang-born, Cambridge-trained plague fighter in China—across East and Southeast Asia in post-SARS era appears to affirm Halbwachs' view. Utilising...
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| description | Maurice Halbwachs proposed that the reading of the pasts is shaped by
interests and needs of the present. The surging interest in Wu Lien-Teh—
Penang-born, Cambridge-trained plague fighter in China—across East and
Southeast Asia in post-SARS era appears to affirm Halbwachs' view.
Utilising Halbwachs' presentist and constructionist approach, this article
reads post-SARS memories of Wu Lien-Teh as a contested terrain where
various historical actors, under a mix of fortuitous as well as intentional
circumstances, come to construct what they presently perceive as relevant
and important. Memories of the past is thus a site that tells about the
present. Drawing on a variety of publications and online sources, this
article makes post-SARS accounts of Wu in the region a case for the study of
how the pasts are reconstructed to communicate the present. Given that the
commemoration of Wu spans across various countries, the case also allows
investigation of memory variation across the region. The findings show that
the reconstruction of Wu's pasts in the region has been shaped by varying
subjective concerns of different historical actors, politics and social
conditions in the region, and the transnationality, locality and materiality of
Wu's legacies. |
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| spelling | usm-411722018-07-30T03:27:51Z http://eprints.usm.my/41172/ Transnationality And Nationalism: Shared And Contested Memories Of Wu Lien-teh Across East And Southeast Asia In Post-sars Era Por , Heong Hong P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) Maurice Halbwachs proposed that the reading of the pasts is shaped by interests and needs of the present. The surging interest in Wu Lien-Teh— Penang-born, Cambridge-trained plague fighter in China—across East and Southeast Asia in post-SARS era appears to affirm Halbwachs' view. Utilising Halbwachs' presentist and constructionist approach, this article reads post-SARS memories of Wu Lien-Teh as a contested terrain where various historical actors, under a mix of fortuitous as well as intentional circumstances, come to construct what they presently perceive as relevant and important. Memories of the past is thus a site that tells about the present. Drawing on a variety of publications and online sources, this article makes post-SARS accounts of Wu in the region a case for the study of how the pasts are reconstructed to communicate the present. Given that the commemoration of Wu spans across various countries, the case also allows investigation of memory variation across the region. The findings show that the reconstruction of Wu's pasts in the region has been shaped by varying subjective concerns of different historical actors, politics and social conditions in the region, and the transnationality, locality and materiality of Wu's legacies. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/41172/1/Art4.pdf Por , Heong Hong (2016) Transnationality And Nationalism: Shared And Contested Memories Of Wu Lien-teh Across East And Southeast Asia In Post-sars Era. International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS), 12 (2). pp. 83-103. ISSN ISSN: 1823-6243 http://ijaps.usm.my/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Art4.pdf |
| spellingShingle | P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) Por , Heong Hong Transnationality And Nationalism: Shared And Contested Memories Of Wu Lien-teh Across East And Southeast Asia In Post-sars Era |
| title | Transnationality And Nationalism:
Shared And Contested Memories Of
Wu Lien-teh Across East And
Southeast Asia In Post-sars Era |
| title_full | Transnationality And Nationalism:
Shared And Contested Memories Of
Wu Lien-teh Across East And
Southeast Asia In Post-sars Era |
| title_fullStr | Transnationality And Nationalism:
Shared And Contested Memories Of
Wu Lien-teh Across East And
Southeast Asia In Post-sars Era |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transnationality And Nationalism:
Shared And Contested Memories Of
Wu Lien-teh Across East And
Southeast Asia In Post-sars Era |
| title_short | Transnationality And Nationalism:
Shared And Contested Memories Of
Wu Lien-teh Across East And
Southeast Asia In Post-sars Era |
| title_sort | transnationality and nationalism:
shared and contested memories of
wu lien-teh across east and
southeast asia in post-sars era |
| topic | P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/41172/ http://eprints.usm.my/41172/ http://eprints.usm.my/41172/1/Art4.pdf |