LEADER 05268nam 22007814a 450 001 9910777502003321 005 20230829005109.0 010 $a0-292-79558-0 024 7 $a10.7560/714274 035 $a(CKB)1000000000467041 035 $a(OCoLC)657168746 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10185710 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000205345 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11184332 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000205345 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10192888 035 $a(PQKB)11208887 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443019 035 $a(OCoLC)616918862 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2223 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443019 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10185710 035 $a(DE-B1597)586483 035 $a(OCoLC)1280942828 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292795587 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000467041 100 $a20060504d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMonumental ambivalence$b[electronic resource] $ethe politics of heritage /$fLisa Breglia 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 225 1 $aJoe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-71427-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [225]-235) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Abbreviations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPart I The Ambivalence of Heritage -- $tChapter One A new approach to heritage -- $tChapter Two Cartographies of patrimony -- $tPart II ?Maya Archaeology as the Mayas See It? -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter Three Chichén Itzá: A century of privatization -- $tChapter Four By blood or by sweat: Shaping rights to world heritage -- $tChapter Five Chunchucmil: Ambivalence in a heritage landscape -- $tChapter Six. Archaeology, ejidos, and space-claiming techniques -- $tConclusion Docile descendants and illegitimate heirs: The ambivalence of inheritance -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aFrom ancient Maya cities in Mexico and Central America to the Taj Mahal in India, cultural heritage sites around the world are being drawn into the wave of privatization that has already swept through such economic sectors as telecommunications, transportation, and utilities. As nation-states decide they can no longer afford to maintain cultural properties?or find it economically advantageous not to do so in the globalizing economy?private actors are stepping in to excavate, conserve, interpret, and represent archaeological and historical sites. But what are the ramifications when a multinational corporation, or even an indigenous village, owns a piece of national patrimony which holds cultural and perhaps sacred meaning for all the country's people, as well as for visitors from the rest of the world? In this ambitious book, Lisa Breglia investigates "heritage" as an arena in which a variety of private and public actors compete for the right to benefit, economically and otherwise, from controlling cultural patrimony. She presents ethnographic case studies of two archaeological sites in the Yucatán Peninsula?Chichén Itzá and Chunchucmil and their surrounding modern communities?to demonstrate how indigenous landholders, foreign archaeologists, and the Mexican state use heritage properties to position themselves as legitimate "heirs" and beneficiaries of Mexican national patrimony. Breglia's research masterfully describes the "monumental ambivalence" that results when local residents, excavation laborers, site managers, and state agencies all enact their claims to cultural patrimony. Her findings make it clear that informal and partial privatizations?which go on quietly and continually?are as real a threat to a nation's heritage as the prospect of fast-food restaurants and shopping centers in the ruins of a sacred site. 410 0$aJoe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture. 606 $aMayas$zMexico$zYucata?n (State)$xEthnic identity 606 $aMayas$zMexico$zYucata?n (State)$xGovernment relations 606 $aCultural property$xProtection$zMexico$zYucata?n (State) 606 $aCultural property$xGovernment policy$zMexico$zYucata?n (State) 606 $aPrivatization$zMexico$zYucata?n (State) 606 $aContracting out$zMexico$zYucata?n (State) 607 $aYucata?n (Mexico : State)$xEthnic relations 607 $aYucata?n (Mexico : State)$xGovernment relations 607 $aYucata?n (Mexico : State)$xAntiquities$xCollection and preservation 615 0$aMayas$xEthnic identity. 615 0$aMayas$xGovernment relations. 615 0$aCultural property$xProtection 615 0$aCultural property$xGovernment policy 615 0$aPrivatization 615 0$aContracting out 676 $a305.8/0097265 686 $aLB 63625$2rvk 700 $aBreglia$b Lisa$f1972-$01524606 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777502003321 996 $aMonumental ambivalence$93765571 997 $aUNINA