Sense and essence : heritage and the cultural production of the real

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Sense and essence : heritage and the cultural production of the real

edited by Birgit Meyer and Mattijs van de Port

(Material mediations : people and things in a world of movement / edited by Birgit Meyer and Maruška Svašek, v. 9)

Berghahn Books, 2018

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Contrary to popular perceptions, cultural heritage is not given, but constantly in the making: a construction subject to dynamic processes of (re)inventing culture within particular social formations and bound to particular forms of mediation. Yet the appeal of cultural heritage often rests on its denial of being a fabrication, its promise to provide an essential ground to social-cultural identities. Taking this paradoxical feature as a point of departure, and anchoring the discussion to two heuristic concepts-the "politics of authentication" and "aesthetics of persuasion"-the chapters herein explore how this tension is central to the dynamics of heritage formation worldwide.

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List of Figures Preface Introduction: Heritage Dynamics: Politics of Authentication, Aesthetics of Persuasion and the Cultural Production of the Real Mattijs van de Port & Birgit Meyer Chapter 1. Aesthetics as Form and Force: Notes on the Shaping of Pataxo Indian Bodies Andre Werneck de Andrade Bakker Chapter 2. Intangible Heritage, Tangible Controversies: The Baiana and the Acaraje as Boundary Objects in Contemporary Brazil Bruno Reinhardt Chapter 3. Swinging between the Material and the Immaterial: Brazilian Cultural Politics and the Authentication of Afro-Brazilian Heritage Maria Paula Fernandes Adinolfi Chapter 4. 'Reporting the Past': News History and the Formation of the Sunday Times Heritage Project Duane Jethro Chapter 5. Scaffolding Heritage: Transient Architectures and Temporalizing Formations in Luanda Ruy Llera Blanes Chapter 6. Corpo-Reality TV: Media, Body, and the Authentication of 'African Heritage' Marleen de Witte Chapter 7. Heated Discussions Are Necessary. The Creative Engagement with Sankofa in Modern Ghanaian Art Rhoda Woets Chapter 8. Iconic Objects: Making Diasporic Heritage, Blackness and Whiteness in the Netherlands Markus Balkenhol Chapter 9. Ascertaining the Future Memory of Our Time: Dutch Institutions Collecting Relics of National Tragedy Irene Stengs Concluding Comments Chapter 10. Heritage Under Construction: Boundary Objects, Scaffolding and Anticipation David Chidester Chapter 11. Can Anything Become Heritage? David Berliner Chapter 12. Heritage as Process Ciraj Rassool Index

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