Archaeology Under Fire - Nationalism, Politics Heritage in Eastern Mediterranean Middle East

Informationen zum Autor Lynn Meskell is Research Fellow at New College, Oxford. She has undertaken fieldwork in Egypt, Cyprus and Greece. Her research interests include Egyptian and Mediterranean archaeologies, the application of feminist theory and sociopolitics to archaeology and she has written extensively on these subjects. Klappentext First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Archaeology Under Fire addresses archaeology's role in current political issues, whether it be the ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, the division of Cyprus, or the continued destruction of Beirut. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations, List of contributors, Introduction: Archaeology matters, 1 Archaeology, politics and the cultural heritage of Cyprus, 2 The past is ours: images of Greek Macedonia, 3 Contests of heritage and the politics of preservation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 4 Bulgarian archaeology: ideology, sociopolitics and the exotic, 5 Ideology and archaeology in Turkey, 6 The past as passion and play: Çatalhöyük as a site of conflict in the construction of multiple pasts, 7 Beirut’s memorycide: hear no evil, see no evil, 8 Conjuring Mesopotamia: imaginative geography and a world past, 9 Whose game is it anyway? The political and social transformations of American Biblical Archaeology Neil Asher, 10 The Gulf Arab states and their archaeology, 11 Memorabilia: archaeological materiality and national identity in Egypt, 12 Ancient Egypt in America: claiming the riches, Index

Product details

• Authors: Lynn Meskell, Lynne Meskell
• Assisted by: Lynn Meskell (Editor), Meskell Lynn (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.11.1998
• EAN: 9780415164702
• ISBN: 978-0-415-16470-2
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Internationale Beziehungen, Europa, Naher und Mittlerer Osten, Archäologie einer Periode / Region, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Politics & government, Politics and government, Archaeology by period / region