Title Return to Alexandria : an ethnography of cultural heritage, revivalism, and museum memory / Beverley Butler

Published Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations, map Series Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage Contents 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' Summary Beverley Butler's ethnography of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina project critiques the underlying western foundational concepts and values behind the Library in a nuanced postcolonial examination of memory, cultural revival, and homecoming Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-291) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Aliksāndrīnā (Library) -- History SUBJECT Aliksāndrīnā (Library) fast Maktabat al-Iskandarīya gnd Alexandria -- Bibliotheca Alexandrina. swd Subject 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 Egyptian revival (Art) Egyptian Revival. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Museum Administration & Museology. REFERENCE -- General. TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest. Antiquities Cultural policy Cultural property -- Protection East and West Library architecture Museum techniques North and south Postcolonialism Revival movements (Art) Cultuurgoed. Museumkunde. Theorievorming. SUBJECT Alexandria (Egypt) -- Antiquities Egypt -- Cultural policy Subject Egypt Egypt -- Alexandria Genre/Form Electronic book Case studies History Form Electronic book LC no. 2007027643 ISBN 9781598746532 1598746537 9781315420837 131542083X 1315420856 9781315420851 159874190X 9781598741902

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