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1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations, map. |
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text file |
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Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage
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Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-291) and index. |
| Contents |
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'. |
| Summary |
Beverley Butler's ethnography of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina project critiques the underlying western foundational concepts and values behind the Library in a nuanced postcolonial examination of memory, cultural revival, and homecoming. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aliksāndrīnā (Library) -- History.
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Aliksāndrīnā (Library) |
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History. |
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Alexandria (Egypt) -- Antiquities.
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Revival movements (Art) -- Egypt -- Alexandria.
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Revival movements (Art) |
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Egypt -- Alexandria. |
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Library architecture -- Egypt -- Alexandria.
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Library architecture. |
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Egypt -- Cultural policy.
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Egypt. |
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Cultural policy. |
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Cultural property -- Protection -- Case studies.
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Cultural property -- Protection. |
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Case studies.
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Museum techniques -- Case studies.
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Museum techniques. |
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East and West -- Case studies.
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East and West. |
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North and south -- Case studies.
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North and south. |
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Postcolonialism -- Case studies.
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Postcolonialism. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Butler, Beverley. Return to Alexandria. Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2007027643 (OCoLC)163603253 |
| ISBN |
9781598746532 (electronic book) |
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1598746537 (electronic book) |
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9781598741902 (alkaline paper) |
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159874190X (alkaline paper) |
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9781598741919 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1598741918 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
