Contested Antiquity: Archaeological Heritage and Social Conflict in Modern Greece and Cyprus
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Contested Antiquity: Archaeological Heritage and Social Conflict in Modern Greece and Cyprus

Contested Antiquity: Archaeological Heritage and Social Conflict in Modern Greece and Cyprus

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Esther Solomon (Contributor) Aris Anagnostopoulos (Contributor) Alexandra Bounia (Contributor) Paulina Nikolaou (Contributor) Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert (Contributor) Styliana Galiniki (Contributor) Andromache Gazi (Contributor) Katerina Konstantinou (Contributor) Marlen Mouliou (Contributor) Dimitris Plantzos (Contributor)  

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While the archaeological legacies of Greece and Cyprus are often considered to represent some of the highest values of Western civilization-democracy, progress, aesthetic harmony, and rationalism-this much adored and heavily touristed heritage can quickly become the stage for clashes over identity and memory. In Contested Antiquity, Esther Solomon curates explorations of how those who safeguard cultural heritage are confronted with the best ways to represent this heritage responsibly. How should visitors be introduced to an ancient Byzantine fortification that still holds the grim reminders of the cruel prison it was used as until the 1980s? How can foreign archaeological institutes engage with another nation's heritage in a meaningful way? What role do locals have in determining what is sacred, and can this sense of the sacred extend beyond buildings to the surrounding land? Together, the essays featured in Contested Antiquity offer fresh insights into the ways ancient heritage is negotiated for modern times. 3 Tables, black and white; 43 Illustrations, black and white CPSIA choking or other US hazard warning - No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary
Esther Solomon is Assistant Professor in Museum Studies at the University of Ioannina. She has worked as curator in several museums in Greece and abroad and has published extensively on museum representations, the social and political uses of the past, material culture, social identity, cultural memory, and tourism.
  • Contributor: Esther Solomon
  • Imprint: Indiana University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780253055972
  • Number of Pages: 344
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Indiana University Press
  • Release Date: 2021-02-02
  • Series: New Anthropologies of Europe
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Esther Solomon is Assistant Professor in Museum Studies at the University of Ioannina. She has worked as curator in several museums in Greece and abroad and has published extensively on museum representations, the social and political uses of the past, material culture, social identity, cultural memory, and tourism.

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