Culture, Heritage and Representation: Perspectives on Visuality and the Past - Rilegato

Watson, Steve

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ISBN 10: 075467598X ISBN 13: 9780754675983

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2010

Riassunto

The 'visual' has long played a crucial role in forming experiences, associations, expectations and understandings of heritage. Images convey meaning within a range of practices, including tourism, identity construction, the popularization of the past through a variety of media, and the memorialization of events. However, despite the central role of 'the visual' in these contexts, it has been largely neglected in heritage literature. This edited collection is the first to explore the production, use and consumption of visual imagery as an integral part of heritage. Drawing on case studies from around the world, it provides a multidisciplinary analysis of heritage representations, combining complex understandings of the 'visual' from a wide range of disciplines, including heritage studies, sociology and cultural studies perspectives. In doing so, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the theoretical and methodological tools necessary for understanding visual imagery within its cultural context.

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L'autore

Dr Emma Waterton is RCUK Academic Fellow in Heritage and Public History at the Research Institute for the Humanities, Department of History, Keele University, UK. Dr Steve Watson is Principal Lecturer at the Business School, York St John University, UK

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 075467598X
• ISBN 13: 9780754675983
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 296
• Redattore: Waterton Emma