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The nature of heritage : the new South Africa / Lynn Meskell.
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- Author/Creator:
- Meskell, Lynn.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cultural property.
- Archaeology.
- Kruger National Park (South Africa)--History.
- Kruger National Park (South Africa).
- Kruger National Park (South Africa)--Antiquities.
- South Africa--Race relations.
- South Africa.
- Race relations.
- South Africa--Antiquities.
- Antiquities.
- Ethnology--South Africa.
- Ethnology.
- Archaeology--South Africa.
- Cultural property--South Africa.
- Post-apartheid era--South Africa.
- Post-apartheid era.
- National characteristics, South African.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Other Title:
- New South Africa
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The Nature of Heritage: The New South Africa is a groundbreaking work by archaeologist Lynn Meskell that examines the conflicts inherent in natural versus cultural heritage. The author brings archaeological and ethnographic evidence to bear on a holistic understanding of one nation's self-identification by developing its protected areas and cultural heritage sites. Post-apartheid South Africa is a classic example of how nations attempt to overcome negative heritage through past mastering. The case study of Kruger National Park vividly demonstrates this process through both cultural and natural resource development, as it becomes enmeshed in the interventions of the state and private sectors, salvage, conservation, and notions of social good. Meskell argues that cultural heritage has emerged as secondary to the conservation of nature, but that the idea of heritage has emerged as secondary to the conservation of nature, but that the idea of heritage as therapy provides a potential ongoing strategy for socio-economic empowerment and development. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Past mastering in the new South Africa
- Naturalizing cultural heritage
- Making heritage pay in the Rainbow Nation
- It's mine, it's yours : excavating park histories
- Why biodiversity trumps culture
- Archaeologies of failure
- Thulamela : the donors, the archaeologist, his gold, and the Flood
- Kruger is a gold rock : parastatal and private visions of the good.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-247) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781118106631
- 1118106636
- Publisher Number:
- 99984173449
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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