Centripet And Centrifugal: Nationalist Discourse And 1929 Frontier Scenery Exhibition

The essence of centripetal and centrifugal is the interactive structure between local consciousness and national consciousness,and also the process of centralization of central power.The emergence of nationalist discourse has constructed the complex reality structure of the two.The process from "world" to "country" is the process of continuous evolution of people’s national ideas and the process of bridging national differences with nationalism.This article does not intend to describe the whole process of centripetalization and centrifugation under the discourse of nationalism.It is not intended to emphasize the epoch-making transformational significance of the border area exhibition.Rather,it is hoped that through the analysis of the landscape exhibition in the border area,a small exhibition that has been forgotten by history will be placed in the historical background composed of large spotlight exhibitions,can it more clearly show that nationalism blends national awareness and local The process of consciousness.Furthermore,it describes the centripetal and centrifugal phenomena driven by nationalism in the border area exhibition during the transition from "world" to "country",and also describes its internal logic in constructing the country and the border area.This article starts from the four parts of the exhibition organization structure,display content structure,exhibit image discourse and nationalism in the exhibition field.First,it introduces the exhibition organization structure of the border area exhibitions in detail,and finds that a new exhibition system is entering the public domain,and there is a game and compromise with the tradition in it.In this process,the concept of modern nation-state was also brought into the public domain for discussion.Second,it introduces in detail the number and types of exhibits in the border area exhibition and discusses the way of display.It can be seen that the national consciousness and local consciousness are not completely dichotomous,and the two show a fusion posture.Third,it introduces the image resources in the exhibition of landscapes in the border area in detail.These images have undergone careful preparation and design and are presented to the audience.At the same time,in the process of image production and transmission,it shows the viewing habits of the mainland to the border."New" and "old","inner" and "outer" still coexist in the transition process from "world" to "country".Fourth,it introduces the audience and two organizers of the customs exhibition in the border area in detail.The practice of nationalistic discourse still requires human participation.By analyzing the texts of the exhibition,it is possible to outline how nationalism can reach reconciliation when it acts on national and local consciousness.And outline the underlying structure of centripetal and centrifugal under nationalism.Through the above analysis,this article believes that the structure of the central government during the rebuilding of authoritarianism during the Republic of China period is still inevitable.Just like the phenomenon shown in the border area’s scenery exhibition,the central "sunlight" hits Sichuan in the border province,but encounters the stubbornness of local consciousness,and Sichuan,as a border province,encounters the same situation as the center when caring for the border area in the province.Dilemma.However,under heavy centrifugal tendencies,institutions and concepts are also silently changing some minor details,and it is difficult to reconstruct the national system.At the same time,with the constantly invading external nation-states,the concept of nation-states became a social consensus,and forced the mixed reference relations between the central and local,inland and border areas to be rationalized by nationalism.A nation-state was born.