Research Catalog

Title

The nature of heritage : the new South Africa / Lynn Meskell.

Author

Meskell, Lynn

Publication

Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, c2012.

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Description

xiv, 257 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Summary

This text is a groundbreaking work by archaeologist Lynn Meskell that examines the conflicts inherent in natural vs. 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.

Alternative Title

New South Africa

Subject

• Geschichte
• Ethnology > South Africa
• Archaeology > South Africa
• Cultural property > South Africa
• Post-apartheid era > South Africa
• National characteristics, South African
• Kruger National Park (South Africa) > History
• Kruger National Park (South Africa) > Antiquities
• South Africa > Race relations
• South Africa > Antiquities

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

• 9780470670729 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 047067072X (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9780470670712 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0470670711 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2011015895

OCLC

722842371

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library