The Politics of Memory

Urban Cultural Heritage in Brazil

Andreza Aruska de Souza Santos (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

216 Seiten

2019
Rowman & Littlefield International (Verlag)
9781786611215 (ISBN)

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Using local, national and international perspectives on the meanings and uses of heritage cities, this book explores how a site can turn into a mummification of the past, lifelessly displaying long-gone splendour, or a living, breathing treasure offering dynamic cultural and educational opportunities.

Who decides which stories about a city are remembered? How do interpretations of the past shape a city’s present and future? In this book, Andreza Aruska de Souza Santos discusses notions of power and national identity by examining how nation-states negotiate the preservation of urban spaces and how a city interprets, resists, and consents to the functions and meanings that it has inherited and that it reinvents for itself. Looking at the Brazilian city of Ouro Preto, de Souza Santos applies fine-grained ethnography and historical analysis to discuss the limits of Brazil’s imagery of social harmony and participatory democracy amid continuous inequality.

Andreza Aruska de Souza Santos is the Director of the Brazilian Studies Programme and Departmental Lecturer at the Latin American Centre, University of Oxford. Her work focuses on urban ethnography, incorporating themes of cultural heritage, participatory city planning, and mining economies. Before arriving in Oxford, Andreza completed her PhD in Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews; a Masters in Social Sciences at the University of Freiburg, University of KwaZulu Natal and Jawaharlal Nehru University; and her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science at the University of Brasilia.

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Expressing the Nation through Planning and Architecture: Locating National Memories
Chapter 2. Fault Lines in a Fragmented City
Chapter 3. Sightseeing the City
Chapter 4. Opportunities for Participation in the Governance of Cultural Heritage
Chapter 5. Infrastructure in Heritage Sites
Chapter 6. Preservation or Mummification in Miguel Burnier
Final Considerations
Notes
Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	02.09.2019
Zusatzinfo	1 Maps
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 233 mm
Gewicht	503 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781786611215 / 9781786611215
Zustand	Neuware