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Zusatztext 'Anne Toxey guides the reader through a revelatory tour of this important site as it has been transformed both physically and ideologically! especially in recent years! by a potent mix of global capital! the E.U.! tourism! and the values of world heritage itself. It is nothing less than a cultural history of preservation! arguably the first such endeavor of book length. Mining archival sources! the built environment! as well as scholarly! theoretical! and literary works! Toxey brings the complexities of this seemingly infinitely layered site into vivid focus with wonderfully literate prose.' Andrew M. Shanken! U.C. Berkeley! USA 'The Matera that is familiar to us through the writing of Carlo Levi and the films of Pier Paolo Pasolini and Mel Gibson is rendered more nuanced! complex! and interesting in Toxey's breathtaking study. Once abandoned! but now preserved and recognized by UNESCO! the unique sassi and the story of their regeneration will be of interest to urban planners! architects! preservationists! geographers! historians! and anthropologists alike. This study provides a terrific microhistory of Italian urbanism. The range of illustrations is reason enough to find a permanent place for this book on your shelf.' D. Medina Lasansky! Cornell University! USA 'Following World War II! the southern Italian town of Matera! partially nestled in a limestone ravine riddled with cave-like dwellings! achieved iconic status. Exquisitely photographed and poignantly described! it emblemized the misery and squalor! backwardness and decay! of one of Western Europe's poorest regions. Reformers! stung by Italy's shame and influenced by modernist principles of urban development! launched programs to demolish the sassi or caves! relocating their (peasant) inhabitants to apartment blocks in the periphery. Anne Parmly Toxey! architecture historian and skilled ethnographer! traces the social! economic! and political processes that! by the 1990s! led to a dramatically different Informationen zum Autor Dr Anne Toxey is Director of Toxey/McMillan Design Associates! and Adjunct Professor! University of Texas at San Antonio! USA Klappentext Shaped by encrusted layers of development spanning millennia! the southern Italian city of Matera is the ultimate palimpsest. Known as the Sassi! the majority of the ancient city is composed of thousands of structures carved into a limestone cliff and clinging to its walls. This book analyses the contemporary effects of preservation on the city. Zusammenfassung Shaped by encrusted layers of development spanning millennia, the southern Italian city of Matera is the ultimate palimpsest. Known as the Sassi, the majority of the ancient city is composed of thousands of structures carved into a limestone cliff and clinging to its walls. This book analyses the contemporary effects of preservation on the city. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue; 1: Geographic Situation; 2: Social Geography and Political Context of Modern Matera; 3: 1945–1952; 4: 1953–1970; 5: 1971–2001; 6: 2002–2006; Epilogue...
