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Understanding the politics of heritage / edited by Rodney Harrison.

Contributor(s): Harrison, Rodney, 1974- | Open UniversityMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Understanding global heritagePublication details: Manchester, UK ; New York : Milton Keynes : Manchester University Press ; In association with the Open University, 2010. Description: xvi, 336 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780719081521 (pbk.); 0719081521 (pbk.)Subject(s): Cultural property -- Protection -- Political aspects | Cultural property -- Protection -- Political aspects -- Case studiesGenre/Form: Case studiesDDC classification: 363.69 LOC classification: CC135 | .U53 2010
Contents:
What is heritage? / Rodney Harrison -- Critical approaches to heritage / Rodney Harrison, Audrey Linkman -- Heritage as a tool of government / Anne Laurence -- World heritage / Ian Donnachie -- The politics of heritage / Rodney Harrison -- Heritage and nationalism / Richard Allen -- Heritage, colonialism and postcolonialism / Rodney Harrison, Lotte Hughes -- Heritage and class / Susie West -- Appendix. Cultural heritage policy documents.
Summary: "This book questions the view within most western societies that heritage is necessarily 'good', and uncovers the ways in which heritage embodies relationships of power and subjugation, inclusion and exclusion, remembering and forgetting." -- Back cover.
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Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 66 - Reading Room 		G2f HARRI 29734 Not for loan BOOKS-000000022668

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is heritage? / Rodney Harrison -- Critical approaches to heritage / Rodney Harrison, Audrey Linkman -- Heritage as a tool of government / Anne Laurence -- World heritage / Ian Donnachie -- The politics of heritage / Rodney Harrison -- Heritage and nationalism / Richard Allen -- Heritage, colonialism and postcolonialism / Rodney Harrison, Lotte Hughes -- Heritage and class / Susie West -- Appendix. Cultural heritage policy documents.

"This book questions the view within most western societies that heritage is necessarily 'good', and uncovers the ways in which heritage embodies relationships of power and subjugation, inclusion and exclusion, remembering and forgetting." -- Back cover.