Return to Alexandria : an ethnography of cultural heritage, revivalism, and museum memory / / Beverley Butler.
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| Superior document: | Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage |
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage.
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| Physical Description: | 299 p. :; ill., map. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preludes : founding myth and archive
- The 'Alexandria Project' in the western imagination
- 'On the ruins' : postcolonial heritage metamorphosis
- Contemporary return to Alexandria : international sacred dramas
- 'Revivalism between worlds' : UNESCO and GOAL
- 'Meltdown' : revivalism's 'time of anxiety'
- 'Spirit of aspiration' : archaeological revivalism and recuperation
- Urban shock therapy : Alexandria's 'Las Vegasisation'
- 'Windows onto contemporary worlds'.