Description
What happens when religious sites, objects and practices become cultural heritage? What are --religious or secular--sources of expertise and authority that validate and regulate heritage sites, objects and practices? As cultural heritage becomes an increasingly popular and influential frame, these questions arise in diverse and challenging manners. The question who controls, manages, and frames religious heritage, and how, arises with particular urgency. Case studies from Denmark, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom present an analysis of the paradoxes and challenges that arise when religious sites are transformed into heritage.
Author: Ernst Van Den Hemel
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 09/13/2022
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9781800736177
ISBN10: 1800736177
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Religion | Antiquities & Archaeology
- History | Europe | General
About the Author
Irene Stengs is a Professor by special appointment "Anthropology of Ritual and Popular Culture" Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and a Senior Researcher at the Meertens Instituut/ Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.