Meskell, Lynn
The Nature of Heritage: The New South Africa
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
Avainsanat: General & Introductory Archaeology, archaeology, ethnography, conservation, environment, national parks, cultural resource management
- Tekijä(t)
- Meskell, Lynn
- Julkaisija
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Julkaisuvuosi
- 2011
- Kieli
- en
- Painos
- 1
- Sivumäärä
- 272 sivua
- Kategoria
- Historia
- Tiedostomuoto
- E-kirja
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781118106631
- Painetun ISBN
- 9780470670729