Pluralising Pasts: Heritage, Identity and Place in Multicultural Societies

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 now heritage is big business and how it is used to encourage people to identify with particular places and 'traditions', now it is entangled with capitalism. Examining a range of questions, including the way contemporary societies use heritage in the creation and management of collective identities, and how heritage is involved with the complexities of multicultural societies. As resources are poured into heritage and questions of identity enter into public discourse, this book shows how the heritage industry is used politically and commercially to shape the ways people represent themselves, and are represented, in diverse and hybrid societies.

Author: G. J. Ashworth
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: 12/01/2007
Pages: 250
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.59h x 5.49w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9780745322858

About the Author
Gregory Ashworth is Professor of Heritage Management at the University of Groningen.Brian Graham is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Ulster.John Tunbridge is Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa.Graham, Ashworth and Tunbridge are the authors of A Geography of Heritage: Power, Culture and Economy (2000).

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