Conserving culture : a new discourse on heritage / edited by Mary Hufford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hufford, Mary, 1952-

Series:

Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series (Unnumbered)

A publication of the American Folklore Society. New series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Research.

Folklore--Research.

Folklore.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1994]

Summary:

This book examines heritage protection in the United States and how it has been implemented in specific cases. Contributors challenge the division of heritage into nature, the built environment, and culture. They describe cultural conservation as an integrated process for resource planning and recommended supplanting the current prescriptive approach with one that is more responsive to grass-roots cultural concerns.

Notes:

"Published for the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress."

"This volume of essays grew out of a conference entitled 'Cultural conservation: reconfiguring the cultural mission' held at the Library of Congress in May of 1990"--Acknowledgements.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

025202060X

0252063546

OCLC:

28222036