Lynn Meskell 
The Nature of Heritage [PDF ebook] 
The New South Africa

The Nature of Heritage: The New South Africa is unique in
revealing the conflicts inherent in preserving both natural and
cultural heritage, by examining the archaeological, ethnographic
and economic evidence of a nation’s attempts to master its past and
its future.
* Provides a classic example of how nations attempt to overcome a
negative heritage through past mastering of their histories
* Evaluates the continuing dominance of nature and conservation
over concerns for cultural heritage
* Employs ethnographic and archaeological methodologies to reveal
how the past is processed into a new national heritage
* Identifies heritage as therapy, exemplified in the strategy for
repairing legacies of racial and ethnic difference in
post-apartheid South Africa
* Highlights the role of archaeological heritage sites, national
parks and protected areas in economic development and social
empowerment
* Explores how nature trumps culture and the global implications
of the new configurations of heritage

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