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Selling Jerusalem : relics, replicas, theme parks
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Selling Jerusalem : relics, replicas, theme parks / Annabel Jane Wharton.
ISBN
0226894215 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0226894223 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Physical Description
xi, 272 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 08, 2006
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-265) and index.
Contents
Introduction: project, keywords, debts
Fragmented Jerusalem : city as gift
Replicated Jerusalem : temple, templars, and primitive accumulation
Fabricated Jerusalem : Franciscans and pious mountains
Mechanically reproduced Jerusalem : entrepreneurs and tourists
Spectacularized Jerusalem : imperialism, globalization, and the Holy Land as theme park
Conclusion: illusion and immateriality.
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