Monumental Ambivalence : : The Politics of Heritage / / Lisa C. Breglia.
From ancient Maya cities in Mexico and Central America to the Taj Mahal in India, cultural heritage sites around the world are being drawn into the wave of privatization that has already swept through such economic sectors as telecommunications, transportation, and utilities. As nation-states decide...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Part I The Ambivalence of Heritage
- Chapter One A new approach to heritage
- Chapter Two Cartographies of patrimony
- Part II “Maya Archaeology as the Mayas See It”
- Introduction
- Chapter Three Chichén Itzá: A century of privatization
- Chapter Four By blood or by sweat: Shaping rights to world heritage
- Chapter Five Chunchucmil: Ambivalence in a heritage landscape
- Chapter Six. Archaeology, ejidos, and space-claiming techniques
- Conclusion Docile descendants and illegitimate heirs: The ambivalence of inheritance
- Notes
- References
- Index