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

Published Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, [2007] ©2007

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Description 299 pages : map ; 23 cm 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. Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. 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' -- Conclusions : windows onto contemporary worlds Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Aliksāndrīnā (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. SUBJECT Alexandria (Egypt) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80067694 -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002344 Egypt http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80061791 -- Cultural policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005456 Genre/Form Case studies. LC no. 2007027643 ISBN 9781598741902 alkaline paper 9781598741919 paperback alkaline paper

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