Return to Alexandria
an ethnography of cultural heritage, revivalism, and museum memory
Butler, Beverley.
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ebrary, Inc
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Electronic books.
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Walnut Creek, Calif
Left Coast Press
c2007
2007
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eng
299 p. : ill., map.
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'.
Beverley Butler.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-291) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Aliks�andr�in�a (Library)
History
Revival movements (Art)
Egypt
Alexandria
Library architecture
Egypt
Alexandria
Cultural property
Protection
Case studies
Museum techniques
Case studies
East and West
Case studies
North and south
Case studies
Postcolonialism
Case studies
Alexandria (Egypt)
Antiquities
Egypt
Cultural policy
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