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ISBN: 9780470670712
Year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 272
Description:
The Nature of Heritage: The New South Africa is unique in
revealing the conflicts inherent in preserving both natural and
cultural heritage, by examining the archaeological, ethnographic
and economic evidence of a nation's attempts to master its past and
its future.
Provides a classic example of how nations attempt to overcome a
negative heritage through past mastering of their histories
Evaluates the continuing dominance of nature and conservation
over concerns for cultural heritage
Employs ethnographic and archaeological methodologies to reveal
how the past is processed into a new national heritage
Identifies heritage as therapy, exemplified in the strategy for
repairing legacies of racial and ethnic difference in
post-apartheid South Africa
Highlights the role of archaeological heritage sites, national
parks and protected areas in economic development and social
empowerment
Explores how nature trumps culture and the global implications
of the new configurations of heritage
ISBN: 9780470670712
Year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 272
Description:
The Nature of Heritage: The New South Africa is unique in
revealing the conflicts inherent in preserving both natural and
cultural heritage, by examining the archaeological, ethnographic
and economic evidence of a nation's attempts to master its past and
its future.
Provides a classic example of how nations attempt to overcome a
negative heritage through past mastering of their histories
Evaluates the continuing dominance of nature and conservation
over concerns for cultural heritage
Employs ethnographic and archaeological methodologies to reveal
how the past is processed into a new national heritage
Identifies heritage as therapy, exemplified in the strategy for
repairing legacies of racial and ethnic difference in
post-apartheid South Africa
Highlights the role of archaeological heritage sites, national
parks and protected areas in economic development and social
empowerment
Explores how nature trumps culture and the global implications
of the new configurations of heritage