Return to Alexandria an ethnography of cultural heritage, revivalism, and museum memory /
Butler, Beverley.
Return to Alexandria an ethnography of cultural heritage, revivalism, and museum memory / [electronic resource] : Beverley Butler. - Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2007. - 299 p. : ill., map. - 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. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-291) and index.
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' -- 'Windows onto contemporary worlds'.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Aliksandrina (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.
Alexandria (Egypt)--Antiquities.
Egypt--Cultural policy.
Electronic books.
Z722.5 / .B88 2007
069.0932
Return to Alexandria an ethnography of cultural heritage, revivalism, and museum memory / [electronic resource] : Beverley Butler. - Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2007. - 299 p. : ill., map. - 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. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-291) and index.
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' -- 'Windows onto contemporary worlds'.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Aliksandrina (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.
Alexandria (Egypt)--Antiquities.
Egypt--Cultural policy.
Electronic books.
Z722.5 / .B88 2007
069.0932