From antiquities to heritage : transformations of cultural memory / Anne Eriksen.
Eighteenth-century gentleman scholars collected antiquities. Nineteenth-century nation states built museums to preserve their historical monuments. In the present world, heritage is a global concern as well as an issue of identity politics. What does it mean when runic stones or medieval churches ar...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2014.
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| Series: | Time and the world ;
v. 1. |
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| Summary: | Eighteenth-century gentleman scholars collected antiquities. Nineteenth-century nation states built museums to preserve their historical monuments. In the present world, heritage is a global concern as well as an issue of identity politics. What does it mean when runic stones or medieval churches are transformed from antiquities to monuments to heritage sites? This book argues that the transformations concern more than words alone: They reflect fundamental changes in the way we experience the past, and the way historical objects are assigned meaning and value in the present. This book present. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 179 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-173) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781782382997 1782382992 1306877814 9781306877817 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |