Sense and essence heritage and the cultural production of the real

• Main Authors: Meyer, Birgit, Port, Mattijs van de
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Berghahn Books 2018; Berghahn Books, Incorporated
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement
• Subjects: Anthropology; Cultural & Social; Cultural Policy; Ethnic identity; Ethnicity; Group identity; Material culture; Museum Studies; Originality (Aesthetics); Political Science; Public Policy; Public Policy & Administration; SOCIAL SCIENCE

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 d...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface INTRODUCTION: 1: Aesthetics as Form and Force: 2: Intangible Heritage, Tangible Controversies: 3: Swinging between the Material and the Immaterial: 4: ‘Reporting the Past’: 5: Scaffolding Heritage: 6: Corpo-Reality TV: 7: ‘Heated Discussions Are Necessary’: 8: Iconic Objects: 9: Ascertaining the Future Memory of Our Time: 10: Heritage under Construction: 11: Can Anything Become Heritage? 12: Heritage as Process Index
• Intro -- Sense and Essence -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Aesthetics as Form and Force -- Chapter 2. Intangible Heritage, Tangible Controversies -- Chapter 3. Swinging between the Material and the Immaterial -- Chapter 4. 'Reporting the Past' -- Chapter 5. Scaffolding Heritage -- Chapter 6. Corpo-Reality TV -- Chapter 7. 'Heated Discussions Are Necessary' -- Chapter 8. Iconic Objects -- Chapter 9. Ascertaining the Future Memory of Our Time -- Concluding Comments -- Chapter 10. Heritage under Construction -- Chapter 11. Can Anything Become Heritage? -- Chapter 12. Heritage as Process -- Index