Main entry:

Hamilakis, Yannis, 1966-

Title & Author:

The nation and its ruins : antiquity, archaeology, and national imagination in Greece / Yannis Hamilakis.

Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Description:

xxii, 352 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series:

Classical presences

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Memories cast in marble -- 'Soldiers', the 'Priests', and the 'Hospitals for contagious diseases' -- From western to indigenous hellenism -- Archaeologist as shaman -- Spartan visions -- Other parthenon -- Nostalgia for the whole -- Nation in ruins?
Memories cast in marble : Introduction -- The 'soldiers', the 'priests', and the 'hospitals for contagious diseases' : the producers of archaeological matter-realities -- From western to indigenous hellenism : antiquity, archaeology, and the invention of modern Greece -- The archaeologist as shaman : the sensory national archaeology of Manolis Andronikos -- Spartan visions : antiquity and the Metaxas dictatorship -- The other Parthenon : antiquity and national memory at the concentration camp -- Nostalgia for the whole : the Parthenon (or Elgin) marbles -- Nation in ruins? Conclusions.

Summary:

This is an illustrated study examining how classical antiquities and archaeology contributed to the production of the modern Greek nation and its national imagination, and how, in return, national imagination has created and shaped classical antiquities and archaeological practice from the 19th century to the present.

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ISBN:

9780199230389
0199230382

Subject:

National characteristics, Greek.
Archaeology Greece History 19th century.
Archaeology Greece History 20th century.
Greeks.
Grecs.
Archéologie Grèce Histoire 19e siècle.
Archéologie Grèce Histoire 20e siècle.
15.70 history of Europe.
Antiquities
Archaeology
Antike
Klassische Archäologie
Nationalbewusstsein
Rezeption
Nationaal bewustzijn.
Klassieke oudheid.
Archeologie.
Característiques nacionals gregues.
Antiguitats (Arqueologia) Grècia.
Arqueologia clàssica.
Greece Antiquities.
Grèce Antiquités.
Greece
Griechenland
Griekenland.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Classical presences.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 254930
Call No.: BIB 185005
Status: Available