Contested Cultural Heritage Religion, Nationalism, Erasure, and Exclusion in a Global World /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Silverman, Helaine (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Cultural heritage.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.; Cultural Heritage.

Cultural heritage is material – tangible and intangible – that signifies a culture’s history or legacy. It has become a venue for contestation, ranging in scale from protesting to violently claimed and destroyed. But who defines what is to be preserved and what is to be erased? As cultural heritage...