NOTIONS OF HERITAGE: NOTIONS DE PATRIMOINE

Jessica Mace, Yujie Zhu

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Abstract

What is heritage ? This is the most fundamental but difficult question to be answered in heritage studies. It has been addressed many times, but singular definitions always seem to come up short. This book contributes to understandings of heritage as a multifarious construct. It sees it not as something defined by material objects, but as a cultural, economic, and political resource, a discursive practice, and as a process or performative act that engages with the past, present, and future. Notions of Heritage explores the challenges and consequences that result from overlapping, outdated understandings of heritage, as well as new notions of heritage altogether, whether in form or in practice, paving the way forward in the field of critical heritage studies.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationCanada
PublisherPresses de l'Universite du Quebec
Number of pages327
ISBN (Electronic)9782760555648, 9782760555655
ISBN (Print)9782760555631
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Publication series

NameCollection Nouveaux patrimoines

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