The Politics and Practices of Cultural Heritage in the Middle East: Positioning the Material Past in Contemporary Societies
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The Politics and Practices of Cultural Heritage in the Middle East: Positioning the Material Past in Contemporary Societies

The Politics and Practices of Cultural Heritage in the Middle East: Positioning the Material Past in Contemporary Societies

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Irene Maffi (Contributor) Rami Daher (Contributor) Irene Maffi (Author)  

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During the nineteenth century, cultural heritage became a dominant feature of the political ideology of the European states and of their colonies. It became a new form of legitimization for the rising nation-state, cementing its inextricable link with that nation's politics and practices. The set of concepts and practices defining cultural heritage were exported to, and imposed over, the colonized populations in North Africa and the Near East. The legacy of the colonial period has proven very significant in the domain of cultural heritage which has become a crucial cultural arena in many Arab states. As in the majorities of post-colonial states, in the Arab world, the inherited paradigm of cultural heritage has been subject to various forms of adaption and re-elaboration that have made it a lively and complex space of negotiations between various actors. Thus, in The Politics of Cultural Heritage in the Middle East, Irene Maffi and Rami Daher draw together expert scholars to unravel these complex processes that are involved in the definition, production and consumption of heritage and its material culture in the Middle East, and the dynamics of the key actors involved. The variety of the cases analysed that cover the region from Morocco to Lebanon, as well as the multiplicity of the actors concerned such as the state (post-colonial or colonial), international organizations, municipal councils, local communities, families and even exceptional personalities, highlights and explores the complex processes where very local and specific dynamics intertwine with transnational economic, political and cultural fluxes. In its examination of the workings of cultural heritage in the Middle East, this book is an important resource for students and scholars of Middle East Studies, Cultural History, History of Art and Architecture, and for stakeholders involved in the field of cultural heritage.
Irene Maffi is Assistant Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Institute of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Lausanne. Rami Daher is Associate Professor of Architecture, German-Jordan University, Amman.
  • Contributor: Irene Maffi
  • Imprint: Tauris Academic Studies
  • ISBN13: 9781848855359
  • Number of Pages: 360
  • Packaged Dimensions: 138x216mm
  • Packaged Weight: 594
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Release Date: 2014-04-21
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Irene Maffi is Assistant Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Institute of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Lausanne. Rami Daher is Associate Professor of Architecture, German-Jordan University, Amman.

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