Title Return to Alexandria : an ethnography of cultural heritage, revivalism, and museum memory / Beverley Butler.

Descript 1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations, map Series Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage. Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-291) and index. Contents 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'. Summary Beverley Butler's ethnography of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina project critiques the underlying western foundational concepts and values behind the Library in a nuanced postcolonial examination of memory, cultural revival, and homecoming. Note English. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Aliksa⁺ѕndri⁺ѕna⁺ѕ (Library) -- History. Aliksa⁺ѕndri⁺ѕna⁺ѕ (Library) (OCoLC)fst00640756 Alexandria (Egypt) -- Antiquities. Revival movements (Art) -- Egypt -- Alexandria. Library architecture -- Egypt -- Alexandria. Egypt -- Cultural policy. Cultural property -- Protection -- Case studies. Museum techniques -- Case studies. East and West -- Case studies. North and south -- Case studies. Postcolonialism -- Case studies. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Museum Administration & Museology. REFERENCE -- General. TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest. Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745 Cultural policy. (OCoLC)fst00885007 Cultural property -- Protection. (OCoLC)fst00885019 East and West. (OCoLC)fst00901090 Library architecture. (OCoLC)fst00997633 Museum techniques. (OCoLC)fst01030114 North and south. (OCoLC)fst01039198 Postcolonialism. (OCoLC)fst01073032 Revival movements (Art) (OCoLC)fst01096565 Egypt. (OCoLC)fst01208755 Egypt -- Alexandria. (OCoLC)fst01208911 Cultuurgoed. Museumkunde. Theorievorming. ISBN 9781598746532 (electronic bk.) 1598746537 (electronic bk.) 9781315420837 131542083X 1315420856 9781315420851 159874190X 9781598741902 9781598741902 (alk. paper) 159874190X (alk. paper) 9781598741919 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 1598741918 (pbk. ; alk. paper)