Making intangible heritage : El Condor Pasa and other stories from UNESCO / Valdimar Tr. Hafstein

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hafstein, Valdimar Tr (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pennsylvania : Indiana University Press, 2018
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Prelude: Confessions of a folklorist
  • 1. Making heritage: Introduction
  • 2. Making threats: The condor's flight
  • 3. Making lists: The dance band in the hospital
  • 4. Making communities: Protection as dispossession
  • 5. Making festivals: Folklorization revisited
  • Postlude: Intangible heritage as diagnosis, safeguarding as treatment
  • Conclusion: If intangible heritage is the solution, what is the problem?