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.