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1 online resource (xviii, 366 pages) : illustrations. |
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Greek language |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Wisconsin studies in classics
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Wisconsin studies in classics.
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Summary |
This book examines the various ways ancient Athenians purposefully reused stone artifacts, objects, and buildings in order to shape their own and their descendants' collective ideas about their community's past and its bearing on the present and future. The book introduces the concept of "upcycling" to refer to this intentionally meaningful reuse, where evidence is preserved of an intentionality behind the decision to re-employ a particular object in a particular new context, often with implications for the shared memory of a group. Utilizing archaeological, literary, and epigraphic evidence, this investigation connects seemingly disparate cases of upcycling over eight centuries of Athenian history, treating the city as a continuously evolving cultural community. In establishin g upcycling as a distinct phenomenon of intentionally meaningful reuse, this study offers a process- and agency-focused alternative to the traditional discourses on spolia and reuse, while also making a substantial contribution to the growing field of memory studies by identifying a crucial component within the overall "work of memory" within a community. Through an original interdisciplinary approach, the book illuminates a vital practice through which Athenians shaped social memory in the physical realm, literally building their history into their city. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Creating social memory through reuse that accentuates -- Perpetuating social memory through reuse that preserves -- Altering social memory through reuse meant to be invisible -- Upcycling and Athenian social memory over the Longue Durée. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Building materials -- Recycling -- Greece -- Athens.
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Building materials -- Recycling. |
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Greece -- Athens. |
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Building materials. |
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Monuments -- Recycling -- Greece -- Athens.
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Monuments. |
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Recycling (Waste, etc.) |
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Collective memory -- Greece -- Athens.
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Collective memory. |
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Appropriation (Architecture)
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Appropriation (Architecture) |
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Athens (Greece) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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Athens (Greece) -- Antiquities.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Rous, Sarah A. Reset in stone. Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2019] 9780299322809 (DLC) 2019008130 (OCoLC)1090282446 |
ISBN |
9780299322830 (electronic book) |
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0299322831 (electronic book) |
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9780299322809 (hardback) |
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0299322807 (hardback) |
Standard No. |
40029601046 |
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