The nation and its ruins : antiquity, archaeology, and national imagination in Greece
This is an illustrated study examining how classical antiquities and archaeology contributed to the production of the modern Greek nation and its national imagination, and how, in return, national imagination has created and shaped classical antiquities and archaeological practice from the 19th century to the present
History
xxii, 352 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
9780199230389, 0199230382
122424890
Memories cast in marble
'Soldiers', the 'Priests', and the 'Hospitals for contagious diseases'
From western to indigenous hellenism
Archaeologist as shaman
Spartan visions
Other parthenon
Nostalgia for the whole
Nation in ruins? Memories cast in marble : Introduction
The 'soldiers', the 'priests', and the 'hospitals for contagious diseases' : the producers of archaeological matter-realities
From western to indigenous hellenism : antiquity, archaeology, and the invention of modern Greece
The archaeologist as shaman : the sensory national archaeology of Manolis Andronikos
Spartan visions : antiquity and the Metaxas dictatorship
The other Parthenon : antiquity and national memory at the concentration camp
Nostalgia for the whole : the Parthenon (or Elgin) marbles
Nation in ruins? Conclusions