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Culture, Heritage and Representation
Perspectives on Visuality and the Past
The Role of the Visual in Heritage
The visual has long played a crucial role in forming experiences, associations, expectations and understandings of heritage. Images convey meaning within a range of practices, including tourism, identity construction, the popularization of the past through a variety of media, and the memorialization of events.
Neglect in Heritage Literature
However, despite the central role of the visual in these contexts, it has been largely neglected in heritage literature.
About the Collection
This edited collection is the first to explore the production, use and consumption of visual imagery as an integral part of heritage. Drawing on case studies from around the world, it provides a multidisciplinary analysis of heritage representations, combining complex understandings of the visual from a wide range of disciplines, including heritage studies, sociology and cultural studies perspectives.
In doing so, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the theoretical and methodological tools necessary for understanding visual imagery within its cultural context.
