Toxic Heritage: Legacies, Futures, and Environmental Injustice

Elizabeth Kryder-Reid (Curatore)

Sarah May (Curatore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2023

This book brings together case studies, visual essays and substantive chapters written by leading scholars from around the world. The volume provides a critical framing of the globally expanding field of toxic heritage. Presents varied disciplinary perspectives and methodologies. The book is organized in five thematic sections that explore the meaning and significance of toxic heritage, politics, narratives, affected communities, and activist approaches and interventions. It identifies critical issues and highlights areas of emerging research, while also showcasing the resilience, advocacy, and creativity of communities, scholars, and heritage professionals in responding to the current environmental crises. This book is useful and relevant to scholars and students working across a range of disciplines, including heritage studies, environmental science, archaeology, anthropology and geography.

• Curatore: Elizabeth Kryder-Reid, Sarah May
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Key Issues in Cultural Heritage
• Anno: 2023
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 360 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 707 gr.
• EAN: 9781032429977

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