Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Selling Jerusalem: Relics, Replicas, Theme ParksISBN13:9780226894225ISBN10:0226894223Author:Wharton, Annabel Jane (Author)Description:Jerusalem Currently Stands At The Center Of A Violent Controversy That Threatens The Stability Of Both The Middle East And The World This Volatility, Observes Annabel Jane Wharton, Is Only The Most Recent Manifestation Of A Centuries-Old Obsession With The Control Of The Holy City--Military Occupation And Pilgrimage Being Two Familiar Forms Of Ownership Wharton Makes The Innovative Argument Here That The West Has Also Sought To Possess Jerusalem By Acquiring Its Representations From Relics Of The True Cross And Templar Replicas Of The Holy Sepulchre To Franciscan Recreations Of The Passion To Nineteenth-Century Mass-Produced Prints And Contemporary Theme Parks, Wharton Describes The Evolving Forms By Which The City Has Been Possessed In The West She Also Maps Those Changing Embodiments Of The Holy City Against Shifts In The Western Market From The Gift-And-Barter Economy Of The Early Middle Ages To Contemporary Globalization, Both Money And The Representations Of Jerusalem Have Become Progressively Incorporeal, Abstract, Illusionistic, And Virtual Selling Jerusalem Offers A Penetrating Introduction To The Explosive Combination Of Piety And Capital At Work In Religious Objects And Global Politics It Is Sure To Interest Students And Scholars Of Art History, Economic History, Popular Culture, Religion, And Architecture, As Well As Those Who Want To Better Understand Jerusalem's Problematic Place In History Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:University of Chicago PressPublication Date:2006-05-01Weight:1.54 lbsDimensions:0.58'' H x 9.98'' L x 7.06'' WNumber of Pages:286Language:English
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Book Title: Selling Jerusalem: Relics, Replicas, Theme Parks
Item Length: 1in
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Author: Annabel Jane Wharton
Publication Name: Selling Jerusalem : Relics, Replicas, Theme Parks
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2006
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
