Heritage

Heritage

by Harrison, Rodney

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Historic sites, memorials, national parks, museums ... we live in an age in which heritage is ever-present. But what does it mean to live amongst the spectral traces of the past, the heterogeneous piling up of historic materials in the present? How did heritage grow from the concern of a handful of enthusiasts and specialists in one part of the world to something which is considered to be universally cherished? And what concepts and approaches are necessary to understanding this global obsessio…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Heritage.

Summary

Historic sites, memorials, national parks, museums ... we live in an age in which heritage is ever-present. But what does it mean to live amongst the spectral traces of the past, the heterogeneous piling up of historic materials in the present? How did heritage grow from the concern of a handful of enthusiasts and specialists in one part of the world to something which is considered to be universally cherished? And what concepts and approaches are necessary to understanding this global obsession? Over the decades, since the adoption of the World Heritage Convention, various 'crises' of definition.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
  • Place of Publication:Hoboken
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781136267673, 1136267670
  • oclc:ocn811506393
  • LC Classification:CC135 .H37 2012
  • Dewey Decimal:930.1

Table of Contents

Introduction : heritage everywhere -- Some definitions : heritage, modernity, materiality -- Prehistories of world heritage : the emergence of a concept -- Late-modernity and the heritage boom -- Critical heritage studies and the discursive turn -- Intangible heritage and cultural landscapes -- Heritage, diversity and human rights -- Heritage and the "problem" of memory -- Dialogical heritage and sustainability -- A future for the past?

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Subjects

Cultural property Culture policy Denkmalpflege historic preservation Kulturerbe Kulturpolitik Préservation historique

Writers

Harrison, Rodney

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