1st Edition
World Heritage and Urban Politics in Melaka, Malaysia A Cityscape below the Winds
By Pierpaolo De Giosa
Copyright 2021
306 Pages
by
Routledge
306 Pages
by
Routledge
306 Pages
by
Routledge
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Already celebrated as a busy entrepôt and the most glorious of the Malay kingdoms of the past, Melaka has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List (together with George Town) since 2008 on the strength of its multi-ethnic and multi-religious urban fabric. Yet, contrary to the expectations of heritage experts and aficionados, the global mission of safeguarding cultural heritages has become a... Read more
Abbreviations, Acknowledgements, Starter: Into a World Heritage City, 1. A Cityscape Below the Winds, 2. The Heritage Affairs, 3. UNESCO and the City, 4. Melakan Row Houses from the Ground Up, 5. Divide and Brand: Public Space, Politics, and Tourism, 6. A Melakan Ancestral Village, 7. Epilogue, Postscript, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Pierpaolo De Giosa is a social anthropologist and former member of the research group ‘The Global Political Economy of Cultural Heritage’ at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. His research interests lie at the intersection of urban studies and critical heritage studies.
