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UNINA9910811345003321 |
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Autore |
Butler Beverley |
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Titolo |
Return to Alexandria : an ethnography of cultural heritage, revivalism, and museum memory / / Beverley Butler |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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ISBN |
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1-315-42084-8 |
1-315-42083-X |
1-315-42085-6 |
1-59874-653-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (300 pages) |
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Collana |
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Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Revival movements (Art) - Egypt - Alexandria |
Library architecture - Egypt - Alexandria |
Cultural property - Protection |
Museum techniques |
East and West |
North and south |
Postcolonialism |
Alexandria (Egypt) Antiquities |
Egypt Cultural policy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2007 by Left Coast Press, Inc. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-291) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Bibliotheca Alexandrina was launched with great fanfare in the 1990's, a project of UNESCO and the Egyptian government to recreate the glory of the Alexandria Library and Museion of the ancient world. |
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