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Hamilakis has produced the most perceptive and penetrating analysis to date of the modern social context of Greek archaeology and has provided an invaluable model for those who seek to embark on similar research in other regions of the world.
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Combining ethnographic and sociological data with primary documentary and visual culture, he covers a rare diachronic range of receiving societiesmainly within Greece, where the remains have an especially strong resonance These extremely important and novel angles of research are now combined in a highly readable and important book Memories cast in marble: From the Western to indigenous Hellenism: The archaeologist as shaman the sensory national archaeology of Manolis Andronikos 5.
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Special Features The first investigation of the production and use in Greece of the material, as opposed to the simply literary, classical past. Learn more about Amazon Prime. 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 created and shaped classical antiquities and archaeological practice from the nineteenth century to the present.
Yannis Hamilakis covers a diverse range of topics, including the role of antiquities in the foundation of the Greek state in the nineteenth century, the Elgin marbles controversy, the role of archaeology under dictatorial regimes, the use of antiquities in the detention camps of the Greek civil war, and the discovery of the so-called tomb of Philip of Macedonia.
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The nation and its ruins: antiquity, archaeology, and national imagination in Greece
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 created and shaped classical antiquities and archaeological practice from the nineteenth century to the present. Yannis Hamilakis covers a diverse range of topics, including the role of antiquities in the foundation of the Greek state in the nineteenth century, the Elgin marbles controversy, the role of archaeology under dictatorial regimes, the use of antiquities in the detention camps of the Greek civil war, and the discovery of the so-called tomb of Philip of Macedonia.
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Learn more about Amazon Giveaway. This volume will be essential reading for anyone interested in the modern use of the past in Greece. Rent from DeepDyve Recommend. Abstract 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. Alexandra rated it it was amazing Aug 11, Would you like to tell us about a lower price? These extremely important and novel angles of research are now combined in a highly readable and important book