Archaeology and the Postcolonial Critique (eBook)

Matthew Liebmann, Uzma Z. Rizvi (Herausgeber)

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2008
274 Seiten
Altamira Press (Verlag)
978-0-7591-1235-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Archaeology and the Postcolonial Critique represents a synthesis of postcolonial archaeological studies from the Old and New Worlds. This volume addresses the processes of postcolonialism in light of new paradigms in contemporary academia that affect the practice of archaeology.

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In recent years, postcolonial theories have emerged as one of the significant paradigms of contemporary academia, affecting disciplines throughout the humanities and social sciences. These theories address the complex processes if colonialism on culture and society-with repect to both the colonizers and the colonized-to help us understand the colonial experience in its entirety. The contributors to Archaeology and the Postcolonial Critique present critical syntheses of archaeological and postcolonial studies by examining both Old and New World case studies, and they ask what the ultimate effect of postcolonial theorizing will be on the practice of archaeology in the twenty-first century.

Autor

Matthew Liebmann is assistant professor of anthropology at Harvard University. Uzma Z. Rizvi is assistant professor of social science and cultural studies and of critical and visual studies at the Pratt Institute.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Intersections of Archaeology and Postcolonial StudiesChapter 2. A Brief History of Postcolonial Theory and Implications for ArchaeologyChapter 3. Heterogeneous Encounters: Colonial Histories and Archaeological ExperiencesChapter 4. Towards the Liberation of Archaeological Praxis in a "Postcolonial Colony:" The Case of Puerto RicoChapter 5. Postcolonial Cultural Affiliation: Essentialism, Hybridity, and NAGPRAChapter 6. Notions of Cultural Continuity and Disjunction in Maya Social Movements and Maya ArchaeologyChapter 7. Decolonizing Methodologies as Strategies of Practice: Operationalizing the Postcolonial Critique in the Archaeology of RajasthanChapter 8. Indigenous and Postcolonial ArchaeologiesChapter 9. Archaeology, the World Bank, and Postcolonial PoliticsChapter 10. Disinheriting Heritage: Explorations in the Contentious History of Archaeology in the Middle EastChapter 11. Situating World Heritage Sites in a Multicultural Society: The Ideology of Presentation at the Sacred City of Anuradhapura, Sri LankaChapter 12. Conclusion: Archaeological Futures and the Postcolonial Critique

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.8.2008
• Reihe/Serie: Archaeology in Society
• Co-Autor: Greg Borgstede, Sandra Scham, Sudharshan Seneviratne, Jason Yaeger, Craig N. Cipolla, Praveena Gullapalli, Jaime R. Pagan Jimenez, Matthew Liebmann, Ian Lilley, Thomas C. Patterson, Robert W. Preucel, Reniel Rodriguez Ramos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• ISBN-10: 0-7591-1235-5 / 0759112355
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7591-1235-3 / 9780759112353