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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Place / Publishing House: | New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2014] ©2014 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Time and the World: Interdisciplinary Studies in Cultural Transformations ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Heritage and Cultural Memory
- Chapter 2. In Search of Ancient Heroes
- Chapter 3. Antiquarianism and Epistemic Virtue
- Chapter 4. Ruins and Time
- Chapter 5. Mediaeval Monuments
- Chapter 6. Museums to Preserve Our Past
- Chapter 7. Monuments and Memorials
- Chapter 8. Cultural Property, Cultural Heritage
- Chapter 9. Heritage and Presentism
- References
- Index