| The Dynamics of Heritage: History, Memory and the Highland Clearances Contributor(s): Gouriévidis, Laurence (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138246093 ISBN-13: 9781138246096 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $61.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Real Estate - General - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 333.314 |
| Series: Heritage, Culture, and Identity |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.81 lbs) 258 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: There has been much academic interest in the role of museums as places where understanding of the past is shaped and legitimised for a wide and increasingly diverse public. This book focuses on the museum representations of the Highland Clearances - a much neglected aspect of one of the most disputed and politically-charged issues in modern Scottish history. Drawing together a range of inter-disciplinary themes and notions, it considers the cultural legacy of the period, brings to light the socially and historically conditioned meanings and values encapsulated in museum narratives of the Clearances, and shows the significance of collective memory in the negotiations inherent in heritage work. Examining both national and local museums in Scotland and concluding with comparisons with Australian museums of migration, Dynamics of Heritage contributes to our understanding of the processes of heritage construction, and its relationship to issues of memory and other modes of engagement with the past. |