The Usable Past: Greek Metahistories (Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches) - Hardcover
In this volume, K.S. Brown and Yannis Hamilakis bring together scholars of history, archaeology, and anthropology to explore the located and contextual nature of historical narratives. The contributors analyze contested historic rituals, building styles, and traditions-looking through the unique lens of twentieth-century Greek identity-paying particular attention to the ways these social phenomena and cultural artifacts manifest tension between 'official' and 'unofficial' narratives of the past. Though focused on the changing historical basis of Greek culture and identity, this work further serves as an important theoretical contemplation of how our view of the past is shaped by our relationship with the present.
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About the Author:
K.S. Brown is Assistant Professor at the Thomas J. Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University and lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Wales, Lampeter. Yannis Hamilakis is lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Southampton.
Review:
. . . intellectually stimulating, a delight to read and one that will appeal to many humanists and social scientists... (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)
Examining closely the conflicts between 'official' and 'unofficial' narratives of the past, as well as diverse interpretations of history directly influence by the modern day, The Useable Past is an insightful and scholarly work revealing not only document aspects of Hellenic history, but the flexibility of the human psyche as characteristics of the human condition today as it was in the days of Greek antiquity. (Midwest Book Review)
A stellar collection... Highly recommended. (CHOICE)
Examining closely the conflicts between 'official' and 'unofficial' narratives of the past, as well as diverse interpretations of history directly influence by the modern day, The Useable Past is an insightful and scholarly work revealing not only document aspects of Hellenic history, but the flexibility of the human psyche as characteristics of the human condition today as it was in the days of Greek antiquity. (Midwest Book Review)
A stellar collection... Highly recommended. (CHOICE)
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- PublisherLexington Books
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0739103830
- ISBN 13 9780739103838
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
- EditorBrown K. S., Hamilakis Yannis
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