Designs on Pots

Ban Chiang and the Politics of Heritage in Thailand
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-94-6372-846-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 460 g

Reihe: Asian Heritages

1. Explores heritage from a prehistoric perspective that combines cultural and historical material 2. Combines contexts of looting and faking with excavated material from a single site 3. Provides an example of symmetry analysis on prehistoric painted pottery.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Esterik, Penny Van

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturpolitik, Kulturmanagement
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Museumskunde, Materielle Kultur, Erinnerungskultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Nationalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, Acknowledgements, Chapter 1 The Personal Past: Designs on Pots, Chapter 2 The Excavated Past: Grounded Evidence, Chapter 3 The Artistic Past: Aesthetic Preferences, Chapter 4 The Looted Past: On Stealing Pots, Chapter 5 The Fake Past: Forgeries and Souvenirs, Chapter 6 The Packaged Past: Implications for Thai Heritage, Illustrations, Appendix, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Penny Van Esterik is Professor Emerita of Anthropology, recently retired from York University, Toronto. She is currently Adjunct Professor at the University of Guelph. Her fieldwork was primarily in Southeast Asia. She consulted with UNICEF, FAO, and IDRC on topics related to food security and infant feeding and has broad interests in the cultural history of Southeast Asia.