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The nation and its ruins : antiquity, archaeology, and national imagination in Greece / / Yannis Hamilakis



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Autore: Hamilakis Yannis <1966-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The nation and its ruins : antiquity, archaeology, and national imagination in Greece / / Yannis Hamilakis Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford, ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxii, 352 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 938
Soggetto topico: National characteristics, Greek
Archaeology - Greece - History - 19th century
Archaeology - Greece - History - 20th century
Soggetto geografico: Greece Antiquities
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Note on Transliteration; 1. Memories Cast in Marble: Introduction; 2. The 'Soldiers', the 'Priests', and the 'Hospitals for Contagious Diseases': the Producers of Archaeological Matter-realities; 3. From Western to Indigenous Hellenism: Antiquity, Archaeology, and the Invention of Modern Greece; 4. The Archaeologist as Shaman: the Sensory National Archaeology of Manolis Andronikos; 5. Spartan Visions: Antiquity and the Metaxas Dictatorship; 6. The Other Parthenon: Antiquity and National Memory at the Concentration Camp; 7. Nostalgia for the Whole: the Parthenon (or Elgin) Marbles; 8. The Nation in Ruins? Conclusions; References; Index
Sommario/riassunto: An innovative, extensively illustrated study examining how classical antiquities and archaeology contributed to the production of the modern Greek nation and its national imagination, and how, in return, national imagination has created and shaped classical antiquities and archaeological practice from the nineteenth century to the present. - ;This innovative, extensively illustrated study examines how classical antiquities and archaeology contributed significantly to the production of the modern Greek nation and its national imagination.
Titolo autorizzato: The nation and its ruins  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-383-03647-0
1-281-15028-2
9786611150280
0-19-152812-9
1-4356-2199-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778368803321
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Serie: Classical presences.