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Negotiating Pasts in the Nordic Countries
Anne Eriksen (Ed.)
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Description for Negotiating Pasts in the Nordic Countries
Hardcover. To learn more about the processes when dealing with the past is an important key to understanding why and how societies and communities change and evolve. This book presents various case studies, from the Middle Age onwards, about how the past has been made meaningful and relevant to people living in later periods. Editor(s): Eriksen, Anne; Sigurosson, Jon Vioar. Num Pages: 315 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: CFF; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JFHF; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 638.
The authors present a number of case studies, from the Middle Age to present time, about how the past has been made meaningful and relevant to people living in later periods. It is the process of selecting, interpreting and passing on meaning that we call negotiating the past. This process is loaded with tension in part stemming from the past itself, but which is often due to the various agents involved in the process as they represent different interests, understandings and points of view. At the same time, the process is marked by a wish to come to terms with ... Read more
The authors present a number of case studies, from the Middle Age to present time, about how the past has been made meaningful and relevant to people living in later periods. It is the process of selecting, interpreting and passing on meaning that we call negotiating the past. This process is loaded with tension in part stemming from the past itself, but which is often due to the various agents involved in the process as they represent different interests, understandings and points of view. At the same time, the process is marked by a wish to come to terms with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Nordic Academic Press Sweden
Number of pages
315
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
637 g
Number of Pages
315
Place of Publication
Lund, Sweden
ISBN
9789185509331
SKU
V9789185509331
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About Anne Eriksen (Ed.)
Anne Eriksen is a professor of culture studies and oriental languages at the University of Oslo. Jón Viðar Sigurðsson is a professor of archaeology, conservation, and history at the University of Oslo.
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