Archaeologies of placemaking monuments, memories, and engagement in native North America
This collection of original essays explores the tensions between prevailing regional and national versions of Indigenous pasts created, reified, and disseminated through monuments, and Indigenous peoples' memories and experiences of place. The contributors ask critical questions about historic...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Walnut Creek, Calif. :
Left Coast Press
c2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | One world archaeology ;
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798273506719 |
| Summary: | This collection of original essays explores the tensions between prevailing regional and national versions of Indigenous pasts created, reified, and disseminated through monuments, and Indigenous peoples' memories and experiences of place. The contributors ask critical questions about historic preservation and commemoration methods used by modern societies and their impact on the perception and identity of the people they supposedly remember, who are generally not consulted in the commemoration process. They discuss dichotomies of history and memory, place and displacement, public spectac |
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| Item Description: | Papers originally presented at a session on "Monuments, Landscapes, and Cultural Memories" at the 5th World Archaeological Congress in Washington, D.C. in 2003. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781315434278 9781315434285 9781315434292 9781598747812 |
