Cultural Heritage

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-415-35242-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 1664 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 2902 g

Reihe: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies

Cultural Heritage is a new title in the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies. Edited by Laurajane Smith of the University of York, UK, this four-volume collection brings together the essential Anglophone literature of heritage studies. Encompassing both contemporary material and material of historical significance from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the collection is explicitly interdisciplinary, with research drawn not only from the three disciplines of archaeology, architecture and history traditionally associated with material heritage, but also from subjects such as geography, anthropology, museology, sociology, cultural studies, performance studies and tourism studies. As an emerging field of academic enquiry, the sheer scale of the growth in research output in heritage studies makes this collection especially timely, and meets the demand for a comprehensive reference work to give greater clarity and focus to this fast-developing area. Its value also lies in its bringing together the best scholarship from the various disciplines that are newly turning their attention to issues relating to ‘heritage’, as well as in identifying cultural heritage’s key themes and debates.

The first volume (‘History and Concepts’) in the collection describes the development of the modern concern with conserving and preserving material from the past—often conceptualized as ‘heritage’. It also gathers the best research about the key concepts and principles underlying heritage management and conservation practices.

Volume 2 (‘Critical Concepts in Heritage’) traces the dissonant and contested nature of heritage practices and the various attempts that have been made to theorize heritage conservation, curation and preservation practices. The volume contains work on the debates over indigenous heritage, national identity, and memory and heritage, together with papers that attempt to explain and contextualize these debates.

Volume 3 (‘Heritage as an Industry’) collects the most significant scholarship on issues about the so-called ‘commodification’ of the past and the creation of ‘consensual histories’, while Volume 4 (‘Interpretation and Community’) contains the key material on the practice of heritage interpretation and community heritage projects, as well as work on the developing debates about the nature of intangible heritage.

The collected materials are supplemented by an introduction to each volume, newly written by the editor, together with a full index. It is destined to be welcomed by scholars and teachers of cultural heritage—and those working in allied disciplines—as an invaluable reference resource.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Laurajane

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatersoziologie, Theaterpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Interkulturelle Kommunikation & Interaktion

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: History and Concepts Part 1: History Part 2: Concepts Underlying the Conservation and Preservation Process (a) Process (b) Significance and Value Volume 2: Critical Concepts in Heritage Part 3: Indigenous Issues Part 4: Identity Part 5: Theoretical Issues and Debates Part 6: Memory Volume 3: Heritage as an Industry Part 7: Heritage Industry Part 8: Tourism, Nostalgia and Authenticity Volume 4: Interpretation and Community Part 9: Interpretation Part 10: Community Part 11: Intangible Heritage

Über Autor(innen)

Edited by Laura-Jane Smith, York University, UK