The Nature of Heritage

The New South Africa

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Archaeology
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Author: Lynn Meskell ISBN: 9781118106631
Publisher: Wiley Publication: August 26, 2011
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Language: English
Author: Lynn Meskell
ISBN: 9781118106631
Publisher: Wiley
Publication: August 26, 2011
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English

The Nature of Heritage: The New South Africa is unique in revealing the conflicts inherent in preserving both natural and cultural heritage, by examining the archaeological, ethnographic and economic evidence of a nation's attempts to master its past and its future.

  • Provides a classic example of how nations attempt to overcome a negative heritage through past mastering of their histories
  • Evaluates the continuing dominance of nature and conservation over concerns for cultural heritage
  • Employs ethnographic and archaeological methodologies to reveal how the past is processed into a new national heritage
  • Identifies heritage as therapy, exemplified in the strategy for repairing legacies of racial and ethnic difference in post-apartheid South Africa
  • Highlights the role of archaeological heritage sites, national parks and protected areas in economic development and social empowerment
  • Explores how nature trumps culture and the global implications of the new configurations of heritage
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The Nature of Heritage: The New South Africa is unique in revealing the conflicts inherent in preserving both natural and cultural heritage, by examining the archaeological, ethnographic and economic evidence of a nation's attempts to master its past and its future.

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