Return to Alexandria an ethnography of cultural heritage, revivalism, and museum memory / Beverley Butler.

SeriesPublications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage
Contents Preludes : founding myth and archive -- The 'Alexandria Project' in the western imagination -- 'On the ruins' : postcolonial heritage metamorphosis -- Contemporary return to Alexandria : international sacred dramas -- 'Revivalism between worlds' : UNESCO and GOAL -- 'Meltdown' : revivalism's 'time of anxiety' -- 'Spirit of aspiration' : archaeological revivalism and recuperation -- Urban shock therapy : Alexandria's 'Las Vegasisation' -- 'Windows onto contemporary worlds'.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 279-291) and index.
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ISBN9781598741902 (alk. paper)
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ISBN9781598741919 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1598741918 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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