Research Catalog

Title

Pluralising pasts : heritage, identity and place in multicultural societies / G.J. Ashworth, Brian Graham and J.E. Tunbridge.

Author

Ashworth, G. J. (Gregory John)

Publication

London ; Ann Arbor,^^MI : Pluto Press, 2007.

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Additional Authors

• Graham, B. J. (Brian J.)
• Tunbridge, J. E.

Description

xii, 236 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

"The heritage industry is big business. From museums and the preservation of old buildings to broader questions of community and identity, heritage is now a political issue. This book explores what heritage means and how it is used to encourage people to identify with particular places and "traditions." The authors show how contemporary societies use heritage in the creation and management of collective identities and, most especially, the different ways in which it is involved with the questions of multicultural societies. The resources that are poured into heritage mean that questions of identity are widely discussed at a policy level: what does it mean to be American or British, or a minority in any society? This book shows how heritage is used commercially and politically to shape the ways people represent themselves, and are represented, in diverse and hybrid societies." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0812/2008271647-d.html.

Subject

• Cultural pluralism
• Multiculturalism
• Cultural Diversity

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-227) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Heritage and plurality -- Culture and plural identities -- Towards pluralising pasts : theories and concepts of heritage -- Place, identity and heritage -- Nature and types of plural society -- Heritage in assimilation models -- Heritage in melting pot models -- Heritage in core+ models -- Heritage in pillar models -- Heritage in salad bowl models -- Conclusion: The future of pluralising the past.

ISBN

• 9780745322865 (cased)
• 0745322867 (cased)
• 0745322859 (pbk.)
• 9780745322858 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2008271647

OCLC

• 154769362
• SCSB-11830642

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library