{"product_id":"politics-policy-and-the-discourses-of-heritage-in-britain-9780230581883","title":"Politics, Policy and the Discourses of Heritage in Britain","description":"This book offers a critique of the dominant conceptualization of heritage found in policy, which tends to privilege the white, middle and upper classes. Using Britain as an illustration, Waterton explores how and why recent policies continue to lean towards the predictable melding of cultural diversity with tendencies of assimilation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. Waterton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780230581883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEMMA WATERTON is a Lecturer in Social Science at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. Her research is largely prompted by an interest in the tensions that exist between elite discourses and alternative constructions of heritage, memory and identity. Publications include the co-authored volume (with Laurajane Smith) \u003cem\u003eHeritage, Communities and Archaeology\u003c\/em\u003e (2009) and the co-edited volume (with Steve Watson) \u003cem\u003eCulture, Heritage and Representations\u003c\/em\u003e (2010). She is currently Assistant Editor of the \u003cem\u003eInternational Journal of Heritage Studies\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43232615202931,"sku":"9.78023E+12","price":93.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f01afdd6-0344-4b48-a256-8700dbbdfe23.jpg?v=1754048291","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/politics-policy-and-the-discourses-of-heritage-in-britain-9780230581883","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}