Political economy, power, and cultural heritage in the Arab world / edited by Hicham Alaoui and Robert Springborg.

Other author Moulay Hicham, Prince of Morocco, 1964- editor.
Other author Springborg, Robert editor
Format Book
PublicationBoulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., [2025]
Descriptionvii, 283 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Toward a Political Economy of Cultural Heritage in the Arab World / Hicham Alaoui and Robert Springborg -- Saudi Arabia : Appropriation and Accommodation Under a Futurist Umbrella / Karen Exell -- Jordan : Pursuing Legitimacy and Economic Growth Through Heritage Development / Charlotte Vekemans -- Egypt : the Entanglement of Cultural Heritage and Social Injustice / Monica Hanna -- Pan-Arab TV Dramas : State Controls and National Memory / Naomi Sakr -- Lebanon : the UMAM Archive Endangered / Sune Haugbølle -- Lebanese Museums : Selective Representations of Heritage / Lina G. Tahan -- Libya : Fractured Heritage, Fractured State / Ethan D. Chorin -- Libya and Tunisia : the Political Economy of Language Use / Lindsay J. Benstead -- China as a Comparative Case : State Control of Heritage Representation / Christina Maags -- Italy as a Comparative Case : Built Cultural Heritage and the Roles of Private and Public Actors / Davide Ponzini -- The Problems and Promise of Cultural Heritage Management in the Arab World / Hicham Alaoui and Robert Springborg.
Abstract "Explores how political regimes manipulate cultural heritage-and sometimes even deliberately erase it-to support their own legitimacy"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Political economy, power, and cultural heritage in the Arab world Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc, 2025 9798896160038
LCCN 2025003761
ISBN9798896160045
ISBN9798896160021 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book