Ryan Trimm

Heritage and the Legacy of the Past in Contemporary Britain

Sprache: Englisch.
gebunden , 350 Seiten
ISBN 1138285595
EAN 9781138285590
Veröffentlicht Oktober 2017
Verlag/Hersteller Taylor & Francis
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Bringing together heritage studies and literary studies, this book examines heritage as a ubiquitous trope in contemporary Britain, a seemingly inescapable figure for relations to the past. It interrogates metaphoric resonances: that bestowing past, receiving present, and transmitted bounty are all singular and unified; that transmission between past and present is smooth, despite heritage depending on death; that the past enjoins the present to conserve its legacy into the future. Heritage as a trope is explored through core accounts of political theory; seminal documents within historic conservation; phenomenology and poststructuralism; film and TV; and a range of contemporary fiction.

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Ryan Trimm is Associate Professor of English and Film Media at the University of Rhode Island, USA.

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