Eleana Yalouri

The Acropolis

Global Fame, Local Claim

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Acropolis in Athens has captured the imaginations of readers, writers and travelers for centuries and every year draws crowds from all over the world. One of the world's most famous heritage sites, it has long been a national monument of Greece and a potent symbol of western civilization. But the Acropolis is typically viewed in the context of 5th-century-BC Athenian society, while the multiple local and international meanings and identities that the site shapes today are overlooked. This book looks at the meaning of the Acropolis in contemporary Greece. How are global ideas adopted and adapted by local cultures? How do Greeks deal with the national and international features of their ancient classical heritage? How do the global cultural constructions surrounding the Acropolis become part of local practices that project Greek cultural difference? The author examines this historic site as a powerful agent for negotiations of power on an international level.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781859735909
• ISBN-10: 1859735908
• Artikelnr.: 21869749

Autorenporträt

Eleana Yalouri Visiting Research Fellow in the Council of the Humanities and Program in Hellenic Studies at Princeton University

Inhaltsangabe

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PREFACE CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION I.A. GLOBAL AND LOCAL
HELLENISMS I.B. TRACING THE ACROPOLIS I.C. OUTLINE OF THE FOLLOWING
CHAPTERS CHAPTER II. AN HISTORICAL OUTLINE II.A. EARLY HISTORY II.B. THE
NATIONAL ERA II.B.1. The Establishment of the Greek State II.B.2. The
Revival of the Two-Headed Eagle and the Reconciliation of the Classical and
the Byzantine Past II.B.3. Preparing for the 20th Century II.B.4. The 1930s
Generation and the Regeneration of 'Greekness' II.B.5. The War and its
Aftermath II.B.6. Towards a Democratic Pluralism CHAPTER III. GREECE
CONDENSED: MATERIALISING NATIONAL IDENTITY III.A. THE ACROPOLIS AS HISTORY
III.B. THE ACROPOLIS AS TERRITORY III.C. THE ACROPOLIS AS GREEK FLAG III.D.
THE ACROPOLIS AS BODY III.E. CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER IV. CONTESTING GREEK
IDENTITY: BETWEEN THE LOCAL AND THE GLOBAL IV.A. INTRODUCTION IV.B.
BUILDING AN IMAGE - THE 'MISSION' OF ANTIQUITIES ABROAD IV.C. REQUEST FOR
REPATRIATION/RESTITUTION OF HELLENISM IV.D. REVIVAL - RESTORATION -
REGENERATION IV.E. NAMES, POWER AND THE CLAIMS OF IDENTITY IV.F. WRITING
HISTORY IV.G. CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER V. CONSUMING INALIENABLE WEALTH V.A.
COCA-COLA VERSUS THE ACROPOLIS: THE CLASH OF THE TITANS V.B. THE OLYMPICS
IN ATLANTA - HOW THE GOLDEN OLYMPAID TURNED INTO PLASTIC V.C. FROM THE
SALOON TO THE HERODEION: BLUE JEANS AND CLASSICAL HERITAGE V.D. TOURISM IN
GREECE: THE 'DOUBLE-DECKER' AND THE FATE OF THE ACROPOLIS V.E. CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER VI. THE AESTHETICS OF SACREDNESS VI.A. INTRODUCTION VI.B. GREEK
SYNCRETISM VI.C. THE 'WORSHIP' OF THE ACROPOLIS VI.D. VISUALISING OCA
ACROPOLIS VI.E. PURITY AND POLLUTION - FORMALISED BEHAVIOUR VI.F. THE
ACROPOLIS' GUARDS VI.G. THE DISCOURSE OF PURITY AND POLLUTION AS A FORM OF
RESISTANCE VI.H. WHITE - THE COLOUR OF PURITY VI.I. A CONTEST OVER
'CLEANLINESS' VI.J. THE PURSUIT OF AUTHENTICITY AND THE REUNION OF TELOS
AND ORIGIN CHAPTER VII. CONCLUSIONS