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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794531103321

Autore

McGill Alicia Beth Ebbitt

Titolo

Negotiating heritage through education and archaeology : colonialism, national identity, and resistance in Belize / / Alicia Ebbitt McGill ; foreword by Paul A. Shackel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville : , : University Press of Florida, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

0-8130-6716-2

0-8130-5787-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 265 pages) : : illustrations ;

Collana

Cultural Heritage Studies

Disciplina

972.82

Soggetti

Nationalism - Belize

World politics

Belize Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Negotiating Heritage: Education and Archaeology in Belize -- Education as Heritage Practice in Belize's Colonial and Independence Periods -- Globalization Period Education: A Culturally Educated Citizenry -- Archaeology as an Official Heritage Practice and Community -- Official Archaeological Heritage Management and Community -- Conclusion: Kriol Cultural Resilience and Community Engagement

Sommario/riassunto

"Combining years of ethnographic research with British imperial archival sources, this book reveals how cultural heritage has been negotiated by colonial, independent state, and community actors in Belize from the late nineteenth century to the present"--