TY - BOOK AU - L Smith AU - L Smith TI - The uses of heritage T2 - Heritage studies SN - 9780415318310 U1 - 930.1 SMI PY - 2006/// CY - London PB - : Routledge KW - History KW - Material culture KW - Performance art -- Social aspects N2 - Challenge of the traditional Western definitions of heritage, that focus on material and monumental forms of 'old', or aesthetically pleasing, tangible heritage, which are all too often used to promote a consensual view of both the past and the present. An alternative conception of heritage is developed which establishes and develops themes of memory, performance, identity, intangibility, dissonance and place. Book review by H. Dicks published in: Museum and society. 5(2007)1(March.58-59) ER -