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Heritage and the Legacy of the Past in Contemporary Britain

362 Pages

by Routledge

362 Pages

by Routledge

362 Pages

by Routledge

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Bringing together heritage studies and literary studies, this book examines heritage as a ubiquitous trope in contemporary Britain, a seemingly inescapable figure for relations to the past. Inheritance has been an important metaphor for characterizing cultural and political traditions since the 1970s, but one criticized for its conservatism and apparent disinheritance of "new" Britons. Engaging... Read more

Chapter I. Introduction: "In a Wondrous Age"

Chapter II. Heritage’s Patina: Troping Polity and Preservation

Chapter III. Heritage as Givenness: The Legacy of Phenomenology

Chapter IV. Icon and Image: Heritage as Postmodern Spectacle

Chapter V. Legacy Visions: The Image of Heritage Cinema in Brideshead Revisited, The Remains of the Day, and Downton Abbey

Chapter VI. Enterprising Heritage: Industry, Tourism, and Metaculture

Chapter VII. Fictions of Industry, Tales of Culture

Chapter VIII. From Heritage to Historic Environment: Diversity and Spatialized Inheritance in the New Labour Year

Chapter IX. Haunting the Environment: Roots and Specters in Smith, Mantel, and Oyeyemi

Chapter X. Conclusion