A companion to heritage studies
By: edited by William Logan, Máiréad Nic Craith and Ullrich Kockel
Series: Wiley Blackwell companions to anthropology
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 597
ISBN-13: 9781118486665
Subjects: Cultural property; National characteristics; Historic sites; Ethnicity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Description: "A Companion to Heritage Studies is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art survey of the interdisciplinary study of cultural heritage"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The New Heritage Studies : Origins and Evolution, Problems and Prospects / William Logan, Ullrich Kockel and Mairead Nic Craith; title: Heritage places : Evolving conceptions and changing forms / Neil Silberman; title: From folklore to intangible heritage / Kristin Kuutma; title: Cultural Heritage and Intellectual Property : Convergence, Divergence and Interface / Folarin Shyllon; title: Intangible Heritage and embodiment : Japan's influence on the global heritage discourse / Natsuko Akagawa; title: The Politics of Heritage in the Land of Food and Wine / Marion Demossier; title: (Re)visioning the Ma'ohi landscape of Marae Taputapuatea, French Polynesia : World Heritage and Indigenous knowledge systems in the Pacific Islands / Anita Smith; title: The Kingdom of Death as a Heritage Site : Making Sense of Auschwitz / Jonathan Webber; title: The Memory of the World and its Hidden Facets / Anca Claudia Prodan; title: African Indigenous Heritage in Colonial and Post-colonial Museums : The Case of the Batwa from Africa's Great Lakes Region /  Maurice Mugabowagahunde; title: Valuing the Past, or, Untangling the Social, Political, and Economic Importance of Cultural Heritage Sites / Brenda Trofanenko; title: Cultural Heritage under the Gaze of International Tourism Marketing Campaigns / Helaine Silverman and Richard Hallett; title: Heritagescaping and the aesthetics of refuge : challenges to urban sustainability / Tim Winter; title: Cultural Heritage as a Strategy for Social Needs and Community Identity / Keir Reeves and Gertjan Plets; title: Heritage in the Digital Age / Maria Economou; title: World Heritage and National Hegemony : The Discursive Formation of Chinese Political Authority / Haiming Yan; title: War Museums and Memory Wars in Contemporary Poland / Julie Fedor; title: Heritage in an Expanded Field : Reconstructing Bridge-ness in Mostar / Andrea Connor; title: Heritage Under Fire : Lessons from Iraq for Cultural Property Protection / Benjamin Isakhan; title: Intentional destruction of heritage : Bamiyan and Timbuktu / Christian Manhart; title: Heritage and the Politics of Cultural Obliteration : The Case of the Andes / Hugo Benavides  Recasting Heritage; title: The Economic Feasibility of Heritage Preservation / Ron van Oers    UNESCO and cultural heritage: unexpected consequences / Christina Cameron    The Limits of Heritage: Corporate Interests and Cultural Rights on Resource Frontiers  / Rosemary J. Coombe and Melissa Baird; title: Indigenous Peoples' Rights and the World Heritage Convention / Stefan Disko; title: UNESCO, the World Heritage Convention and Africa : The Practice and the Practitioners / George Abungu; title: World Heritage Places in Africa : What benefits from nomination and inscription? / Webber Ndoro; title: Heritage in the "Asian Century" : Responding to Geopolitical Change / Zeynep Aygen and Willam Logan; title: (Re-)Building Heritage : Integrating Tangible and Intangible / Mairead Nic Craith and Ullrich Kockel; title: The elephant in the room : heritage, affect and emotion / Laurajane Smith and Gary Campbell; title: Cross-cultural encounters and "difficult heritage" on the Thai-Burma railway : An ethics of cosmopolitanism rather than practices of exclusion / Andrea Whitcomb; title: Heritage and Cosmopolitanism / Lynn Meskell; title: "Putting Broken Pieces Back Together" : Reconciliation, Justice and Heritage in Post-Conflict Situations / Patrick Daly and Benjamin Chan; title: Achieving Dialogue through Transnational World Heritage Nomination : A Case Study of The Silk Roads / Ona Vileikis; title: World Heritage: Alternative Futures / Britta Rudolff and Kristal Buckley; title: Challenges for International Cultural Heritage Law / Ana Vrdoljak; title: Heritage and Education, Training and Capacity-Building / William Logan and Gamini Wijesuriya.