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'The diversity of contemporary societies, Britain among them, raises pressing and profound questions concerning social inclusion and exclusion and the dangers of equating multiculturalism and plurality with assimilation. Politics, Policy and the Discourses of Heritage in Britain, with its timely and carefully nuanced call for more complex narratives and representations of heritage as a medium of cultural policy, is essential reading for academics and policy-makers concerned with the ways in which heritage can both impede but also articulate the realisation of diverse and plural societies.'
- Brian Graham, Emeritus Professor of Human Geography, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
'This timely volume is a significant theoretical contribution to contemporary heritage studies, and the critique of the Authorised Heritage Discourse. It is based on extensive empirical research, informed by wide reading in the social sciences, methodologically innovative and relentlessly and intelligently critical of modern heritage policy. Its focus on heritage policy and social inclusion in Britain will set the agenda on studying heritage policy not only in Britain but internationally. Politics, Policy and the Discourses of Heritage in Britain must be on the bookshelf of anyone with an interest in heritage, cultural policy and social inclusion.'
- Laurajane Smith, editor, International Journal of Heritage Studies, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Heritage andMuseum Studies, Australian National University
About the author
EMMA WATERTON is a Lecturer in Social Science at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. Her research is largely prompted by an interest in the tensions that exist between elite discourses and alternative constructions of heritage, memory and identity. Publications include the co-authored volume (with Laurajane Smith) Heritage, Communities and Archaeology (2009) and the co-edited volume (with Steve Watson) Culture, Heritage and Representations (2010). She is currently Assistant Editor of the International Journal of Heritage Studies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Politics, Policy and the Discourses of Heritage in Britain
Authors: Emma Waterton
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230292383
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-58188-3Published: 27 October 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-36911-9Published: 01 January 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-29238-3Published: 27 October 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 260
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Media Studies, Cultural and Media Studies, general, British Politics, Comparative Politics, Intellectual Studies