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Article: The Acropolis: global fame, local claim. .(Book Review)
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- Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
- Article date:
- June 1, 2003
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YALOURI, ELEANA. The Acropolis: global fame, local claim. xix, 238 pp., illus., bibliogr. Oxford, New York: Berg Publishers, 2001. [pounds sterling]42.99 (cloth), [pounds sterling]14.99 (paper)
One limited and reductive way of describing this excellent book is by classifying it as a 'material culture study' of the Acropolis. For the author borrows the lenses of both anthropology and archaeology to extend the book's scope well into the areas of nationalism, globalization, tourism, consumerism, and aesthetics. The outcome is a skilful, insightful, and comprehensive account of why the Parthenon monument occupies such a prominent site in the minds of Greeks and ...