| Description |
1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Series |
Heritage and memory studies ; 12 |
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Heritage and memory studies ; 12.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- I. People -- The Iconization and Mythologization of Byron's Life and Work in Nineteenth- Century Netherlands and Europe -- Lenin as Cultural Icon -- Brigitte Bardot: The Making, Recycling, and Afterlife of an Icon -- II. Places -- The Renaissance at a Glance -- Iconic City Thrillers -- City Branding -- III. Objects -- National Treasure Tea Bowls as Cultural Icons in Modern Japan -- What to Lea(f) In, What to Lea(f) Out -- Exploring the Iconic in History Museums -- Hitler Goes Pop -- Author Biographies -- Index of Names |
| Summary |
Departing from the present need for cultural models within the public debate, this volume offers a new contribution to the study of cultural icons. From the traditional religious icon to the modern mass media icon, from the recognizable visual icon to the complex entanglement of image and collective narratives: 'The Construction and Dynamics of Cultural Icons' offers an overview of existing theories, compares different definitions and proposes a comprehensive view on the icon and the iconic. Focusing in particular on the making of iconic representations and their changing social-cultural meanings through time, scholars from cultural memory studies, art history and literary studies present concrete operationalizations of the ways different types of cultural icons can be studied |
| Analysis |
Cultural Memory, Cultural Icons, Media Culture, Art History, Cultural Heritage |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Culture.
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Sociology.
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Collective memory.
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Cultural property.
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Icons.
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Sociology
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sociology.
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icons (devotional images)
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History: theory and methods.
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Social and cultural history.
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HISTORY / Civilization
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Icons
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Popular culture
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Arts and society
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Collective memory
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Cultural property
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Culture
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Boven, Erica van, 1952- editor.
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Winkler, Marieke, editor
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| ISBN |
9789048550838 |
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9048550831 |
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