Author : Gregory Ashworth
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Pluralising Pasts by : Gregory Ashworth
Download or read book Pluralising Pasts written by Gregory Ashworth and published by Pluto Press (UK). This book was released on 2007-10-20 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heritage industry is big business. From museums and the preservation of old buildings to broader questions of community and identity, heritage is now a political issue. This book explores what heritage means and how it is used to encourage people to identify with particular places and 'traditions'. The authors show how contemporary societies use heritage in the creation and management of collective identities and, most especially, the different ways in which it is involved with the questions of multicultural societies. The resources that are poured into heritage mean that questions of identity are widely discussed at a policy level: what does it mean to be American or British, or a minority in any society? This book shows how heritage is used politically and commercially to shape the ways people represent themselves, and are represented, in diverse and hybrid societies.