From antiquities to heritage : transformations of cultural memory / Anne Eriksen.
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TextSeries: Time and the World: Interdisciplinary Studies in Cultural Transformations ; Volume 1Publisher: New York : Berghahn, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (187 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9781782382997 (e-book)
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- CC135 .E834 2014
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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 are transformed from antiquities to monuments to heritage sites? This book argues that the transformations concern more than words alone: They reflect fundamental changes in the way we experience the past, and the way historical objects are assigned meaning and value in the present. This book presents a series of cases from Norwegian culture to explore how historical objects and sites have changed in meaning over time. It contributes to the contemporary debates over collective memory and cultural heritage as well to our knowledge about early modern antiquarianism.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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