Sense and Essence: Heritage and the Cultural Production of the Real (Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement #9)

By: Birgit Meyer and Mattijs van de Port

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Synopsis: Contrary to popular perceptions, cultural heritage is not given, but constantly in the making: a construction subject to dynamic processes of (re)inventing culture within particular social formations and bound to particular forms of mediation. Yet the appeal of cultural heritage often rests on its denial of being a fabrication, its promise to provide an essential ground to social-cultural identities. Taking this paradoxical feature as a point of departure, and anchoring the discussion to two heuristic concepts—the "politics of authentication" and "aesthetics of persuasion"—the chapters herein explore how this tension is central to the dynamics of heritage formation worldwide.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781785339417
Related ISBNs:: 9781785339400, 9781785339394
Publisher:: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Date of Addition:: 05/22/21
Copyrighted By:: Birgit Meyer and Mattijs van de Port
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Birgit Meyer
Edited by:: Mattijs van de Port