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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792309103321

Titolo

Heritage and globalisation / / edited by Colin Long and Sophia Labadi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon, England ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-96526-2

1-136-96527-0

1-282-65638-4

9786612656385

0-203-85085-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

Key Issues in Cultural Heritage

Altri autori (Persone)

LabadiSophia

LongColin <1966->

Disciplina

338.4/791

Soggetti

Heritage tourism

Sustainable tourism

Culture and tourism

Culture and globalization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Series General Co-Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Global and local tensions; Chapter 1 The magic list of global status: UNESCO, World Heritage and the agendas of states; Chapter 2 Politics and Power: The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) as World Heritage; Chapter 3 World Heritage, authenticity and post-authenticity: International and national perspectives; Chapter 4 An ivory bull's head from Afghanistan: Legal and ethical dilemmas in national and globalised heritage

Chapter 5 Globalising intangible cultural heritage?: Between international arenas and local appropriationsPart II: Heritage, development and globalisation; Chapter 6 Heritage tourism: The dawn of a new era?; Chapter 7 The glocalisation of heritage through tourism: Balancing standardisation and differentiation; Chapter 8 The business of heritage and the private sector; Part III: The future of the past:



twenty-first-century challenges; Chapter 9 Cultural heritage and the global environmental crisis; Chapter 10 Con.ict heritage and expert failure

Chapter 11 Material heritage and poverty reductionIndex

Sommario/riassunto

This volume analyzes the politics, policy and practice of cultural heritage at the global level, identifying the major directions in which international heritage practice is moving, and exploring the key issues likely to shape the cultural heritage field well into the twenty-first century. It examines the tensions between the universal claims of much heritage practice, particularly that associated with the World Heritage system, and national and local perspectives. It explores the international legal framework developed since World War Two to protect heritage, particularly at times of war,