Being Bedouin Around Petra Life At a World Heritage Site in the Twenty-First Century

Takes an ethnographic approach to understanding everyday life of the Bedouin as heritage in contemporary Jordan.


Exemplifies the materiality of heritage proclamations and religious transformations.


Demonstrates the complex entanglements of Islamic revival, tourism, heritage management, and local interests in negotiating the past in the present.


Underlines the importance of local communities, civil society actors, tourism and academic networks and the emergence, rejection and acceptance of UNESCO world heritage.

Info autore

Mikkel Bille is a professor in ethnology at University of Copenhagen. His research focuses on the role of material culture and the senses in contemporary society.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mikkel Bille, Bille Mikkel
• Editore: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 11.08.2023
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali
• EAN: 9781800739147
• ISBN: 978-1-80073-914-7
• Numero di pagine: 210
• Categorie: RELIGION / General, Jordan, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Bedouin, World Heritage, Heritage Protection, Petra, Jordan, UNESCO