The Palgrave handbook of contemporary heritage research /

"This book explores heritage from a wide range of perspectives and disciplines and in doing so provides a distinctive and deeply relevant survey of the field as it is currently researched, understood and practiced around the world. Furthermore it establishes and develops through its various sec...

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Group Author: Waterton, Emma; Watson, Steve
Published: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire :
Publication Dates: 2015.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "This book explores heritage from a wide range of perspectives and disciplines and in doing so provides a distinctive and deeply relevant survey of the field as it is currently researched, understood and practiced around the world. Furthermore it establishes and develops through its various sections and chapters an accessible and clearly presented vision of heritage as a cultural process designed for use by students, advance scholars and practitioners alike. This book provides both critical insight and food for thought, directing the reader to key texts in the various aspects of the field an
Carrier Form: xxvi, 560 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781137293558 (hardback) :
1137293551 (hardback)
Index Number: CC135
CLC: G112
Call Number: G112/P161
Contents: Introduction: Heritage as a Focus of Research -- Past, Present and New Directions / Emma Waterton and Steve Watson -- PART I: HERITAGE MEANINGS -- Heritage Methods and Methodologies / Emma Waterton and Steve Watson -- Heritage and Discourse / Zongjie Wu and Song Hou -- Heritage as Performance / Michael Haldrup and Jørgen Ole Bærenholdt -- Heritage and Authenticity / Helaine Silverman -- PART II: HERITAGE IN CONTEXT -- From Heritage to Archaeology and Back Again / Shatha Abu Khafajah and Arwa Badren -- Heritage and History / Jessica Moody -- Thinking About Others through Museums and Heritag