Reclaiming heritage [electronic resource] : alternative imaginaries of memory in West Africa / Ferdinand de Jong, Michael Rowlands, editors
- Published:
- Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2007.
- Physical Description:
- 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Additional Creators:
- De Jong, Ferdinand
Rowlands, M. J. - Access Online:
- serialssolutions.com
- Series:
- Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage
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- License restrictions may limit access.
- Contents:
- Reconsidering heritage and memory / Mike Rowlands and Ferdinand de Jong -- 'Taking on a tradition' : African heritage and the testimony of memory / Beverley Butler -- Slave route projects : tracing the heritage of slavery in Ghana / Katharina Schramm -- Picturing the past : heritage, photography, and the politics of appearance in a Yoruba City / Peter Probst -- Entangled memories and parallel heritages in Mali / Michael Rowlands -- 'Enchanting town of Mud' : Djenné, a world heritage site in Mali / Charlotte Joy -- A masterpiece of masquerading : contradictions of conservation in intangible heritage / Ferdinand de Jong -- From a glorious past to the lands of origin : media consumption and changing narratives of cultural belonging in Mali / Dorothea Schulz -- Demystified memories : the politics of heritage in post-socialist Guinea / Ramon Sarró -- Palimpsest memoryscapes : materializing and mediating war and peace in Sierra Leone / Paul Basu.
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- ISBN:
- 1598743074 (hbk, : alk. paper)
9781598743074 (hbk. : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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