Popular Receptions of Archaeology : : Fictional and Factual Texts in 19th and Early 20th Century Britain / / Susanne Duesterberg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2015
• VerfasserIn: Duesterberg, Susanne,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1. Aufl.
• Language: English
• Series: Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen/History in Popular Cultures ; 14
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (572 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Editorial --; Table of Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; PART I: Preliminaries --; 1. Notions of Identity --; 2. Victorian and Edwardian Britain --; 3. The Genesis of a Popular Archaeological Discourse in Britain --; PART II: Popular Receptions of Archaeology --; 4. Archaeology as a Space of Ambivalence --; 5. Heinrich Schliemann's Troy as the most familiar strangeness --; 6. The Mummy as the less familiar strangeness --; 7. The Mummy and Great Zimbabwe as the most unfamiliar strangeness --; Conclusion --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783839428108; 9783110700985; 9783110439687; 9783110438635; 9783110489842; 9783110661552; 9783110401226
• DOI: 10.1515/transcript.9783839428108?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Susanne Duesterberg.

Popular archaeology is a heterogeneous phenomenon: Focusing on the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, Egyptian mummies, and the ruin complex Great Zimbabwe in fictional and factual texts, Susanne Duesterberg analyses the popular reception of archaeology in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. She offers an interdisciplinary and comparative view on the reception of the different archaeologies, reflecting contemporary sociocultural concerns in connection with identity formation. With its focus on popular culture as well as identity and memory studies, the book appeals to both a general public and experts from various disciplines.