Memorylands : heritage and identity in Europe today / Sharon Macdonald.
Memorylands is an original and fascinating investigation of the nature of heritage, memory and understandings of the past in Europe today. It looks at how Europe has become a 'memoryland' - littered with material reminders of the past, such as museums, heritage sites and memorials; and at...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Summary: | Memorylands is an original and fascinating investigation of the nature of heritage, memory and understandings of the past in Europe today. It looks at how Europe has become a 'memoryland' - littered with material reminders of the past, such as museums, heritage sites and memorials; and at how this 'memory phenomenon' is related to the changing nature of identities - especially European, national and cosmopolitan. In doing so, it provides new insights into how memory and the past are being performed and reconfigured in Europe - and with what effects. Drawing especially, thoug. |
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| Item Description: | "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 293 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781135628727 1135628726 1299726461 9781299726468 9780203553336 0203553330 9781135628864 1135628866 9781135628796 1135628793 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |