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Politics of Heritage
The Legacies of Race
Introduction
While social inclusion and cultural diversity circulate frenetically as buzzwords, are we really ready to accept that ideas about race and ethnicity, rather than being a peripheral concern, are at the core of how a nation's heritage is represented and imagined?
Focus of the Book
This book interrogates just whose past gets to count as part of British heritage. Bringing together a wide range of contributors, including academics, practitioners, policy makers and curators, it examines how many different types of heritage - from football to stately homes, experience attractions to education - deal with the complex legacies of the idea of race.
Themes Explored
Whether exploring the fallout of colonialism, the domination of England over the other three nations, holocaust memorials, or the way British heritage is negotiated overseas, a recurring theme of this book is the need to accept that Britain has always been a place of shifting ethnicities, shaped by waves of migration, diaspora and globalization.
Analysis and Future Perspectives
Analyzing both theory and practice, this book is concerned with understanding the processes through which changes to heritage happen, and with exploring problems and possibilities for the future.
