Return to Alexandria [electronic resource] : an ethnography of cultural heritage, revivalism, and museum memory / Beverley Butler.
By: Butler, Beverley.
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BookSeries: Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College LondonCritical perspectives on cultural heritage: Publisher: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2007Description: 299 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Aliks�andr�in�a (Library) -- History | Revival movements (Art) -- Egypt -- Alexandria | Library architecture -- Egypt -- Alexandria | Cultural property -- Protection -- Case studies | Museum techniques -- Case studies | East and West -- Case studies | North and south -- Case studies | Postcolonialism -- Case studies | Alexandria (Egypt) -- Antiquities | Egypt -- Cultural policyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 069.0932 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-291) and index.
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'.
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