The Making of Islamic Heritage : : Muslim Pasts and Heritage Presents.

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Superior document:Heritage Studies in the Muslim World Series
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Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,, 2017.
©2017.
Year of Publication:2017
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Heritage Studies in the Muslim World Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (135 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • The Making of Islamic Heritage
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • 1 The Making of Islamic Heritages: An Overview of Disciplinary Interventions
  • Making Heritages
  • Disciplinary Interventions
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 2 The Intertwining of History and Heritage in Islamic Contexts
  • Islam's Multiple Pasts
  • Outcomes
  • Note
  • Bibliography
  • 3 Muslim Cultures and Pre-Islamic Pasts: Changing Perceptions of "Heritage"
  • Egypt in Muslim Imaginations of the Pre-Islamic Past
  • Buried Treasure and More Accessible Artifacts
  • Narrative Traditions and Textualized Traces of the Ancients
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 4 Reclaiming Heritage Through the Image of Traditional Habitat
  • Introduction: The Mirage of "Islamic Housing"
  • Probing an Islamic Tradition in Architecture and Habitat
  • Housing the "Indigenous" in French North Africa
  • Designing for Cultural Continuity: Shushtar Noʼw, Iran
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 5 Framing the Primordial: Islamic Heritage and Saudi Arabia
  • Introduction
  • Primordial Time
  • Museums of Messages
  • The Hejaz Railway
  • Re-purposing an Ottoman Past
  • Utilizing and Refurbishing the Ottoman Past
  • Exhibition and Revival of the Ottoman Past
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 6 Images of Piety or Power? Conserving the Umayyad Royal Narrative in Qusayr ʿAmra
  • Introduction
  • Conservation at Qusayr ʿAmra: Revealing the Authentic?
  • Is the Art of Qusayr ʿAmra "Islamic"?
  • What Can Qusayr 'Amra Do for "Islamic Heritage"?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 7 The Buddha Remains: Heritage Transactions in Taxila, Pakistan
  • Searching for the Buddhas
  • Representational Art in Heritage Practices of Taxila
  • The Artisans of Taxila
  • Discussion and Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.