Return to Alexandria an ethnography of cultural heritage, revivalism, and museum memory - Butler, Beverley (Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, 2007)
Preludes : founding myth and archive -- The 'Alexandria Project' in the western imagination -- 'On the ruins' : postcolonial heritage metamorphosis -- Contemporary return to Alexandria : international sacred dramas -- 'Revivalism between worlds' : UNESCO and GOAL -- 'Meltdown' : revivalism's 'time of anxiety' -- 'Spirit of aspiration' : archaeological revivalism and recuperation -- Urban shock therapy : Alexandria's 'Las Vegasisation' -- 'Windows onto contemporary worlds'.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-291) and index.
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Keywords: Aliksāndrīnā (Library) -- History; Revival movements (Art) -- Egypt -- Alexandria; Library architecture -- Egypt -- Alexandria; Cultural property -- Protection -- Case studies; Museum techniques -- Case studies; East and West -- Case studies; North and south -- Case studies; Postcolonialism -- Case studies; Alexandria (Egypt) -- Antiquities; Egypt -- Cultural policy; Electronic books