Popular Receptions of Archaeology Fictional and Factual Texts in 19th and Early 20th Century Britain Susanne Duesterberg

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Duesterberg, Susanne <p>Susanne Duesterberg, University of Freiburg, Germany</p>, Author.

Series:

• Historische Lebenswelten in popularen Wissenskulturen.
• Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen/History in Popular Cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Archaeology.
• Culture.
• Literature.
• Newspapers.
• Periodicals.
• History.
• Britain.
• Heinrich Schliemann.
• Egypt.
• Great Zimbabwe.
• Cultural History.
• Science.
• Memory Culture.
• History of Science.
• British History.

Local Subjects:

• Archaeology.
• Culture.
• Literature.
• Newspapers.
• Periodicals.
• History.
• Britain.
• Heinrich Schliemann.
• Egypt.
• Great Zimbabwe.
• Cultural History.
• Science.
• Memory Culture.
• History of Science.
• British History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (573 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Duesterberg, Popular Receptions of Archaeology Fictional and Factual Texts in 19th and Early 20th Century Britain

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2015

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Susanne Duesterberg (M.A.) is a staff member of the English Department and head of one of the examination offices at the University of Freiburg.

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.

Contents:

1 Editorial 2 Table of Contents 5 Acknowledgements 9 Introduction 13 1. Notions of Identity 31 2. Victorian and Edwardian Britain 45 3. The Genesis of a Popular Archaeological Discourse in Britain 87 4. Archaeology as a Space of Ambivalence 161 5. Heinrich Schliemann's Troy as the most familiar strangeness 209 6. The Mummy as the less familiar strangeness 331 7. The Mummy and Great Zimbabwe as the most unfamiliar strangeness 419 Conclusion 505 Bibliography 515 Index 559

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9783839428108
• 3839428106

OCLC:

908073389