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Book SynopsisThis book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.
Offering key insights into critical debates on the construction, management and destruction of heritage in Muslim contexts, this volume considers how Islamic heritages are constructed through texts and practices which award heritage value. It examines how the monolithic representation of Islamic heritage (as a singular construct) can be enriched by the true diversity of Islamic heritages and how endangerment and vulnerability in this type of heritage construct can be re-conceptualized. Assessing these questions through an interdisciplinary lens including heritage studies, anthropology, history, conservation, religious studies and archaeology, this pivot covers global and local examples including heritage case studies from Indonesia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Jordan, and Pakistan.
Table of ContentsThe Making of ‘Islamic Heritages’: An overview of disciplinary interventions.- Islamic Heritage: The Intertwining of History and Heritage in Islamic Contexts.- Muslim Cultures and Pre-Islamic Pasts: Changing Perceptions of ‘Heritage’.- Reclaiming Heritage through the Image of Traditional Habitat.- Framing the Primordial: Islamic Heritage and Saudi Arabia.- Images of Piety or Power? Conserving the Umayyad Royal Narrative in Qusayr.- The Buddha Remains: Heritage Transactions in Taxila, Pakistan.
