This text focuses on historic preservation, and contrasts Europe - which it argues is an elitist enterprise aimed at preserving values - and the USA, where the patterns are more democratic and dynamic. It asks whether preservation is just a media representation and a means of consuming history.
This text focuses on historic preservation, and contrasts Europe - which it argues is an elitist enterprise aimed at preserving values - and the USA, where the patterns are more democratic and dynamic. It asks whether preservation is just a media representation and a means of consuming history.
Diane Barthel received her Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University and is a professor of sociology at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. She is the author of Putting on Appearances: Gender and Advertising and Amana: From Pietist Sect to American Community.
Inhaltsangabe
1. The Preservation Project 2. Symbolic Bankers and Cultural Capital 3. Back to Utopia 4. The Interpretation of Industrial Society 5. War and Remembrance 6. Religious Preservation in Secular Society 7. Consuming History 8. We Are the World 9. Conclusion: Getting in Touch with History
1. The Preservation Project 2. Symbolic Bankers and Cultural Capital 3. Back to Utopia 4. The Interpretation of Industrial Society 5. War and Remembrance 6. Religious Preservation in Secular Society 7. Consuming History 8. We Are the World 9. Conclusion: Getting in Touch with History
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