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Author:

Butler, Beverley.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Left Coast Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

299 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Aliksāndrīnā (Library)--History.
Alexandria (Egypt)--Antiquities.
Revival movements (Art)--Alexandria.--Alexandria.
Library architecture--Alexandria.--Alexandria.
Egypt--Cultural policy.
Cultural property--Protection--Case studies.
Museum techniques--Case studies.
East and West--Case studies.
North and south--Case studies.
Postcolonialism--Case studies.
Cultuurgoed.
Museumkunde
Theorievorming.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-291) and index.

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'.

Series:

Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage

ISBN:

1598741918 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781598741919 (pbk. : alk. paper)
159874190X (alk. paper)
9781598741902 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)163603253

LCCN:

2007027643

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)