The Routledge Research Companion to Heritage and Identity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780754649229)

Heritage represents the meanings and representations conveyed in the present day upon artifacts, landscapes, mythologies, memories and traditions from the past. It is a key element in the shaping of identities, particularly in the context of increasingly multicultural societies. This Research Companion brings together an international team of authors to discuss the concepts, ideas and practices that inform the entwining of heritage and identity. They have assembled a wide geographical range of examples and interpret them through a number of disciplinary lenses that include geography, history, museum and heritage studies, archaeology, art history, history, anthropology and media studies. This outstanding companion offers scholars and graduate students a thoroughly up-to-date guide to current thinking and a comprehensive reference to this growing field.

Author: Peter Howard
ISBN-10: 0754649229
ISBN-13: 9780754649229
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 04/24/2008
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.56lbs

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Supplements 11/15/2007 pg. 15
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2008 pg. 26
Choice 01/01/2009