Pluralising Pasts

Heritage, Identity and Place in Multicultural Societies

Brian Graham author G J Ashworth author J E Tunbridge author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Pluto Press

Published:20th Oct '07

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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 now heritage is big business and how it is used to encourage people to identify with particular places and 'traditions', now it is entangled with capitalism. Examining a range of questions, including the way contemporary societies use heritage in the creation and management of collective identities, and how heritage is involved with the complexities of multicultural societies.

As resources are poured into heritage and questions of identity enter into public discourse, this book shows how the heritage industry is used politically and commercially to shape the ways people represent themselves, and are represented, in diverse and hybrid societies.

ISBN: 9780745322865

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 407g

248 pages