ISBN:
9780754688075
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (474 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Ashgate Research Companion to Heritage and Identity
Parallel Title:
The Ashgate research companion to heritage and identity
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Historic preservation
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Cultural policy
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Landscape protection
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Cultural property Protection
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Memory Social aspects
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Antiquities Collection and preservation
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Group identity
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National characteristics
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Ethnicity
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Historic sites Conservation and restoration
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Cultural policy
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Cultural property ; Protection
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Ethnicity
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Group identity
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Historic preservation
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Memory ; Social aspects
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National characteristics
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Electronic books
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Kulturerbe
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Identität
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Aufsatzammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Kulturerbe
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Identität
Abstract:
Heritage represents the meanings and representations conveyed in the present day upon artifacts, landscapes, mythologies, memories and traditions from the past. It is a key element in the shaping of identities, particularly in the context of increasingly multicultural societies. This Research Companion brings together an international team of authors to discuss the concepts, ideas and practices that inform the entwining of heritage and identity. They have assembled a wide geographical range of examples and interpret them through a number of disciplinary lenses that include geography, history, museum and heritage studies, archaeology, art history, history, anthropology and media studies. This outstanding companion offers scholars and graduate students a thoroughly up-to-date guide to current thinking and a comprehensive reference to this growing field.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Heritage and Identity -- PART I: THE CONTEXT OF HERITAGE AND IDENTITY -- 1 The History of Heritage -- 2 Heritage, Memory and Identity -- 3 Personal and Public Histories: Issues in the Presentation of the Past -- PART II: MARKERS OF HERITAGE AND IDENTITY -- 4 'Natural' Landscapes in the Representation of National Identity -- 5 Heritage and 'Race' -- 6 'We Are Here, Yet We Are Not Here': The Heritage of Excluded Groups -- 7 The Contestation of Heritage: The Enduring Importance of Religion -- 8 Heritage from Below: Class, Social Protest and Resistance -- 9 Heritage, Gender and Identity -- PART III: PRACTICES OF HERITAGE AND IDENTITY -- 10 The Communication of Heritage: Creating Place Identities -- 11 Place, Naming and the Interpretation of Cultural Landscapes -- 12 Commemoration of War -- 13 The Memorialization of Violence and Tragedy: Human Trauma as Heritage -- 14 Conservation and Restoration in Built Heritage: A Western European Perspective -- 15 Heritage Tourism: Conflicting Identities in the Modern World -- 16 Museums and the Representation of Identity -- PART IV: THE CHALLENGES OF A POSTMODERN AND POST-COLONIAL WORLD -- 17 Plural and Multicultural Heritages -- 18 Heritage Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe -- 19 The Heritage of Post-colonial Societies -- 20 The Contestation of Heritage: The Colonizer and the Colonized in Australia -- 21 The Heritage of Mundane Places -- 22 New Museologies and the Ecomuseum -- 23 An Exploration of the Connections among Museums, Community and Heritage -- 24 European Landscapes: Heritage, Participation and Local Communities -- 25 Cultural Diversity, Heritage and Human Rights -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Contributors; Introduction: Heritage and Identity; PART I: THE CONTEXT OF HERITAGE AND IDENTITY; PART II: MARKERS OF HERITAGE AND IDENTITY; PART III: PRACTICES OF HERITAGE AND IDENTITY; PART IV: THE CHALLENGES OF A POSTMODERN AND POST-COLONIAL WORLD; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
