Preservation and National Belonging in Eastern Germany Heritage Fetishism and Redeeming Germanness
Description
Drawing on cultural anthropology and cultural studies, this book sheds new light on the everyday politics of heritage and memory by illuminating local, everyday engagements with Germanness through heritage fetishism, claims to hometown belonging, and the performative appropriation of cultural property.
Keywords
HistoryEuropeSocial ScienceAnthropologyCultural & SocialSocial History
2012Book
Author(s)Jason James
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230320345
LanguageEnglish
