Popular receptions of archaeology : fictional and factual texts in 19th and early 20th century Britain / Susanne Duesterberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duesterberg, Susanne, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen ; Bd. 14.

Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen = History in popular cultures ; volume 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--History--19th century.

Archaeology.

Archaeology--History--20th century.

Archaeology in literature.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

572 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld : Transcript, [2015]

Summary:

Popular archaeology is a heterogeneous phenomenon: Focusing on the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, Egyptian mummies, and the ruin complex Great Zimbabwe in fictional and factual texts, Susanne Duesterberg analyses the popular reception of archaeology in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. She offers an interdisciplinary and comparative view on the reception of the different archaeologies, reflecting contemporary sociocultural concerns in connection with identity formation. With its focus on popular culture as well as identity and Memory studies, the book appeals to both a general public and experts from various disciplines. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Preliminaries

1 Notions of Identity 31

2 Victorian and Edwardian Britain 45

2.1 Age of Ambivalence: The Rise of Mass Culture 47

2.2 Discovering New Territories: History, Science, Empire, and Gender 63

3 The Genesis of a Popular Archaeological Discourse in Britain 87

3.1 From Antiquarianism to Archaelogy 89

3.2 Greek Archaeology: >Ubi Troia Fuit Ubi Britannia Est< 99

3.3 Egyptian Archaeology: The Mummy in Fiction 117

3.4 Zimbabwean Archaeology: The Empire as a Space of Negation and Construction 143

Part II Popular Receptions of Archaeology

4 Archaeology as a Space of Ambivalence 165

4.2 Penetrating the Darkness: Experiencing the Unknown 167

4.2 The Texture of the Past: Dreams and the Subliminal 185

4.3 Mapping the Past 197

Interim Findings: Archaeology as a Space of Ambivalence 207

5 Heinrich Schliemann's Troy as the most familiar strangeness 209

5.1 A Case in Point: Heinrish Schliemann as a Victorian Role Model 211

5.2 Sophia Schliemann: >Angel Outside the House< 227

5.3 Search for Origin - Excavating the Self 241

5.4 Archaeology and Prosperity 271

5.5 Dr Henry Schliemann: The Art of Self-Promotion 281

5.6 Entertaining the Masses: From Burlington House to South Kensington 305

5.7 The Fall of the Mighty: Troy, Mycenae, and Britain 319

Interim Findings: Heinrich Schliemann's Troy as the Most familiar strangeness 329

6 The Mummy as the less familiar strangeness 331

6.1 Narrating History: Memory, Fantasy, and Madness 333

6.2 Reconstructing the Past: Search for Evidence in the Present 353

6.3 Victim and Perpetrator: Exchanging Roles 375

6.4 Pharos the Almighty: The Subversion of Victorian Gender Roles 385

6.5 Margaret Trelawny: The >Other< Woman 401

Interim Findings: The Mummy as the less familiar strangeness 417

7 The Mummy and Great Zimbabwe as the most unfamiliar strangeness 419

7.1 "The disease travels fast": The Invisible Threat 421

7.2 "The advancing Shadow" of the Past: The Consummation of the Present 431

7.3 The Inexplicable Evil 439

7.4 The Legacy of Bgygone Times: The Power of the past and the Corruption of the Present 449

7.5 The Survival of the Whitest 469

7.6 Britain and Haggard's Zimboe 487

Interim Findings: The Mummy and Great Zimbabwe as the most unfamiliar strangeness 503.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [515]-557) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

3837628108

9783837628104

OCLC:

897884449

Publisher Number:

99963537663