Regional Culture and National Identity: The Formation of the Guangdong Culture Since the Late Qing Dynasty

The establishment of the modern "regional culture" discourse was the process of the national concept shifting from "all under heaven" to "nation". In this process, modern scholars constantly adjusted their tone in the duet of national consciousness and local care, added their own voices, and established a dialectical unity between the nation and the locality, making regional cultural identity an expression of modern national consciousness. This book is easy to read, with rich and interesting references, including both elite and folk literature, classics and vulgarities, such as local chronicles, genealogies, novels, Cantonese opera, and local textbooks. Readers can easily follow the author's discourse and clarify the historical formation of "Guangdong culture" from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China under the framework of "regional culture" narrative.