Bøker av Karen Exell

The use of Western heritage models in the Arabian Peninsula inspires two key areas for research which this book examines: the obscuring of indigenous concepts and practices of heritage and expressions of cultural identity; and the tensions between local/community concepts of heritage and identity and the new national identities being constructed through museums and heritage sites at a state level.

Museum activity has undergone major and rapid development in the Arabian Peninsula, with the regeneration of existing museums as well as the establishment of new ones. This title is suitable for regional and international practitioners and academics across the disciplines of museum studies, cultural studies, and anthropology.

Heritage projects in the Arabian Peninsula are developing rapidly. Museums and heritage sites are symbols of shifting national identities, and a way of placing the Arabian Peninsula states on the international map. Global, i.e. Western.