The Nation and Its Ruins - Antiquity, Archaeology, and National Imagination in Greece

Zusatztext adds a distinctive new voice and vision Informationen zum Autor Yannis Hamilakis is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Southampton. Klappentext An innovative, extensively illustrated study examining how classical antiquities and archaeology contributed to the production of the modern Greek nation and its national imagination, and how, in return, national imagination has created and shaped classical antiquities and archaeological practice from the nineteenth century to the present. Zusammenfassung An innovative, extensively illustrated study examining how classical antiquities and archaeology contributed to the production of the modern Greek nation and its national imagination, and how, in return, national imagination has created and shaped classical antiquities and archaeological practice from the nineteenth century to the present.

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• Authors: Yannis Hamilakis, Yannis (Senior Lecturer in Archaeology Hamilakis, Hamilakis Yannis
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 04.10.2009, delayed
• EAN: 9780199572908
• ISBN: 978-0-19-957290-8
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Classical Presences; Classical Presences
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, ART / European, Greece, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, Ancient World, Archaeology by period / region, Literary theory, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, HISTORY / Europe / Greece, Ancient Greek style, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern