Archaeological theory and the politics of cultural heritage / / Laurajane Smith

• Autore: Smith Laurajane
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 930.1
• Soggetto topico: Archaeology and state; Archaeology - Political aspects; Aboriginal Australians - Antiquities; Indians of North America - Antiquities
• Soggetto geografico: Australia Cultural policy; United States Cultural policy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-250) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The cultural politics of identity defining the problem; 3 Archaeological theory and the politics of the past; 4 Archaeology and the context of governance: expertise and the state; 5 Archaeological stewardship: the rise of cultural resource management and the 'scientific professsional' archaeologist; 6 Significance concepts and the embedding of processual discourse in cultural resource management; 7 The role of legislation in the governance of material culture in America and Australia ; 8 NAGPRA and Kennewick: contesting archaeological governance in America9 The 'death of archaeology': contesting archaeological governance in Australia; 10 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a much-needed survey of how relationships between indigenous peoples and the archaeological establishment have got into difficulties, and a pointer towards how things could move forward.
• Titolo autorizzato: Archaeological theory and the politics of cultural heritage
• ISBN: 1-134-36795-3; 1-134-36796-1; 1-280-06233-9; 0-203-30799-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783729303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II