The nation and its ruins
Yannis Hamilakis
The nation and its ruins : antiquity, archaeology, and national imagination in Greece /Yannis Hamilakis - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press , 2007. - xxii, 352 pages ;24 cm. - Classical presences. .
Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Note on Transliteration; 1. Memories Cast in Marble: Introduction; 2. The 'Soldiers', the 'Priests', and the 'Hospitals for Contagious Diseases': the Producers of Archaeological Matter-realities; 3. From Western to Indigenous Hellenism: Antiquity, Archaeology, and the Invention of Modern Greece; 4. The Archaeologist as Shaman: the Sensory National Archaeology of Manolis Andronikos; 5. Spartan Visions: Antiquity and the Metaxas Dictatorship; 6. The Other Parthenon: Antiquity and National Memory at the Concentration Camp. 7. Nostalgia for the Whole: the Parthenon (or Elgin) Marbles8. The Nation in Ruins? Conclusions; References; Index.
An innovative, extensively illustrated study examining how classical antiquities and archaeology contributed to the production of the modern Greek nation and its national imagination, and how, in return, national imagination has created and shaped classical antiquities and archaeological practice from the nineteenth century to the present. - ;This innovative, extensively illustrated study examines how classical antiquities and archaeology contributed significantly to the production of the modern Greek nation and its national imagination. It also shows how, in return, national imagination has c
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The nation and its ruins : antiquity, archaeology, and national imagination in Greece /Yannis Hamilakis - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press , 2007. - xxii, 352 pages ;24 cm. - Classical presences. .
Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Note on Transliteration; 1. Memories Cast in Marble: Introduction; 2. The 'Soldiers', the 'Priests', and the 'Hospitals for Contagious Diseases': the Producers of Archaeological Matter-realities; 3. From Western to Indigenous Hellenism: Antiquity, Archaeology, and the Invention of Modern Greece; 4. The Archaeologist as Shaman: the Sensory National Archaeology of Manolis Andronikos; 5. Spartan Visions: Antiquity and the Metaxas Dictatorship; 6. The Other Parthenon: Antiquity and National Memory at the Concentration Camp. 7. Nostalgia for the Whole: the Parthenon (or Elgin) Marbles8. The Nation in Ruins? Conclusions; References; Index.
An innovative, extensively illustrated study examining how classical antiquities and archaeology contributed to the production of the modern Greek nation and its national imagination, and how, in return, national imagination has created and shaped classical antiquities and archaeological practice from the nineteenth century to the present. - ;This innovative, extensively illustrated study examines how classical antiquities and archaeology contributed significantly to the production of the modern Greek nation and its national imagination. It also shows how, in return, national imagination has c
9780199572908
International Book Distributors ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments ,5 Ansari Road,DaryaGanj,New Delhi-110002
History
Antiquities--Archaeology
938 HAM
