Monumental Ambivalence: The Politics of Heritage
Autor Lisa C. Bregliaen Limba Engleză Paperback – noi 2006
In this ambitious book, Lisa Breglia investigates "heritage" as an arena in which a variety of private and public actors compete for the right to benefit, economically and otherwise, from controlling cultural patrimony. She presents ethnographic case studies of two archaeological sites in the Yucatán Peninsula—Chichén Itzá and Chunchucmil and their surrounding modern communities—to demonstrate how indigenous landholders, foreign archaeologists, and the Mexican state use heritage properties to position themselves as legitimate "heirs" and beneficiaries of Mexican national patrimony. Breglia's research masterfully describes the "monumental ambivalence" that results when local residents, excavation laborers, site managers, and state agencies all enact their claims to cultural patrimony. Her findings make it clear that informal and partial privatizations—which go on quietly and continually—are as real a threat to a nation's heritage as the prospect of fast-food restaurants and shopping centers in the ruins of a sacred site.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780292714809
ISBN-10: 0292714807
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 13 b&w illus., 2 maps
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0292714807
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 13 b&w illus., 2 maps
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Locul publicării:United States
Notă biografică
Lisa Breglia is a cultural anthropologist and the Director of the Global Affairs program at George Mason University.
Cuprins
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. The Ambivalence of Heritage
- Chapter One. A New Approach to Heritage
- Chapter Two. Cartographies of Patrimony
- Part II: "Maya Archaeology as the Mayas See It"
- Chapter Three. Chichén Itzá: A Century of Privatization
- Chapter Four. By Blood or by Sweat: Shaping Rights to World Heritage
- Chapter Five. Chunchucmil: Ambivalence in a Heritage Landscape
- Chapter Six. Archaeology, Ejidos, and Space-Claiming Techniques
- Conclusion. Docile Descendants and Illegitimate Heirs: The Ambivalence Of Inheritance
- Notes
- References
- Index
Descriere
A masterful examination of the "monumental ambivalence" that results when private and public interests compete to control and benefit from archaeological and historical sites.