Anderson, Benjamin
Antiquarianisms
- ISBN 13:
- 9781785706844
- author:
- Anderson, Benjamin
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Oxbow Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 232
- Dimensions:
- 15.49 x 23.11 x 1.52 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Archaeology,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
Antiquarianisms: Contact, Conflict, Comparison explores the complex relationships between antiquarian traditions in the Mediterranean and the Americas. This book examines how colonial encounters have shaped the development of these practices, often mediating interactions between local and foreign interests. The study focuses on case studies from both regions, highlighting the differences in how European elites perceived and interpreted antiquities. In the eastern Mediterranean, classical heritage was claimed as part of their own cultural identity, while in the Americas, antiquities were seen as alien yet understood through analogies with the classical world. By comparing and contrasting these approaches, the book reveals the emergence of hybrid or cross-bred antiquarianisms. The authors investigate how the past is produced and transformed through encounters between antiquarian traditions over common objects of interpretation, challenging the assumption that interest in antiquity is a universal human experience.
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