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Asian heritage management : contexts, concerns, and prospects / edited by Kapila D. Silva and Neel Kamal Chapagain.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge contemporary Asia series ; 39.
- Routledge contemporary Asia series ; 39
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heritage tourism--Asia--Management.
- Heritage tourism.
- Cultural property--Asia--Management.
- Cultural property.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (387 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The prevalent global heritage discourse has been primarily Euro-centric in its origin, premise, and praxis. Diverse cultural, historical, and geographical contexts, such as that of Asia, call for more context-specific approaches to heritage management. This book explores this complexity of managing the cultural heritage in Asia.Case studies include sites of Angkor, Himeji Castle, Kathmandu Valley, Luang Prabang, Lumbini, and Malacca, and the book uses these to explore the religious worldviews, heritage policies, intangible heritage dimensions, traditional preservation practices, cult
- Contents:
- pt. I. Contexts
- pt. II. Concerns
- pt. III. Prospects.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-07561-1
- 0-203-06659-6
- 1-299-28010-2
- 1-135-07562-X
- 9780203066591
- OCLC:
- 830161031
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