Creating heritage unrecognised pasts and rejected futures / edited by Thomas Carter, David C. Harvey, Roy Jones and Iain J.M. Robertson.

Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Description1 online resource
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Other author/creatorCarter, Thomas, 1982-
Other author/creatorHarvey, David, 1970-
Other author/creatorJones, Roy, 1946-
Other author/creatorRobertson, Iain J. M.
SeriesRoutledge Cultural Heritage and Tourism Series
Abstract "This book investigates the selection process of heritagisation to understand what specific pasts are being selected or rejected for representation, who is selecting them, how and to whom they are being represented and why they are being presented, or dismissed, in the ways that they are. Some aspects of our pasts are venerated and memorialised for a variety of reasons, while others are forgotten or even hidden. This volume, thus, provides examples from across a spectrum. Some phenomena are well-suited to heritagisation, such as animals memorialised for their bravery, long past agricultural techniques and implements, and impressive landscapes. However, this book also deals with products (e.g. tobacco), historical periods (e.g. the Third Reich), and scientific techniques (e.g. genetic modification) with negative connotations that extend beyond their heritage attributes. This volume considers how the actors in the heritage industry admit, valorise, prioritise, and rationalise historic resources as heritage products. These findings provide practical examples of how heritage institutions privilege, frame and/or exclude a wide range of heritage items. They also contrast the invocations of sectional (local, national or class based) and more cosmopolitan heritages and consider the extent to which innovation and change are or can be acknowledged within the heritage discourse"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Site, viewed 02/08/2021).
Issued in other formPrint version: Creating heritage London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. 9780815347927
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019041452
ISBN9781351168526 (ebk)
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