Selling Jerusalem
Subtitle: relics, replicas, theme parks
By: Annabel Jane Wharton.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Templars.; Franciscans.; Popular culture -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.; Popular culture -- Economic aspects.; Relics -- Jerusalem.; Jerusalem -- In popular culture.; Jerusalem -- Foreign public opinion -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: project, keywords; title: Fragmented Jerusalem : city as gift; title: Replicated Jerusalem : temple, templars, and primitive accumulation; title: Fabricated Jerusalem : Franciscans and pious mountains; title: Mechanically reproduced Jerusalem : entrepreneurs and tourists; title: Spectacularized Jerusalem : imperialism, globalization, and the Holy Land as theme park; title: Conclusion: illusion and immateriality.