{"product_id":"world-heritage-and-urban-politics-in-melaka-malaysia-a-cityscape-below-the-winds-9789463725026","title":"World Heritage and Urban Politics in Melaka,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlready celebrated as a busy entrepôt and the most glorious of the Malay kingdoms of the past, Melaka has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List (together with George Town) since 2008 on the strength of its multi-ethnic and multi-religious urban fabric. Yet, contrary to the expectations of heritage experts and aficionados, the global mission of safeguarding cultural heritages has become a tumultuous issue on the ground. \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ccite\u003eWorld Heritage and Urban Politics in Melaka, Malaysia: A Cityscape below the Winds\u003c\/cite\u003e how the World Heritage 'label' has been, and continue to be used by different actors – such as international organizations, nation states, and society at large – to generate new economic revenues as well as to attract tourists and investments for large-scale real estate development projects is analyzed, revealing the complex and often contradictory stories behind heritage designations in urban milieus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[...] this book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on UNESCO heritage making processes and politics, highlighting it as ‘both a blessing and a curse’ (p. 274). [...] the book already gives much food for thought on global heritage making in a Southeast Asian city, paving the way for others to then take up these follow-up questions.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Hamzah Muzaini, \u003ccite\u003eSingapore Journal of Tropical Geography\u003c\/cite\u003e, Vol. 43, Iss. 2 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The author’s approach is to explore the issues from the ground up. He has combined considerable skill at sifting and analyzing documents with a remarkable talent, and sensitivity, for locating and interviewing a diverse array of people who are impacted by or actively engaged in the events. The result is a valuable contribution to the ethnography and the continuously unfolding history of Melaka.\" \u003cbr\u003e- Jerry Dennerline, \u003ccite\u003eJMBRAS\u003c\/cite\u003e, Vol. 95, Pt. 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements \u003cbr\u003eStarter: Into a World Heritage City \u003cbr\u003e1 A Cityscape Below the Winds \u003cbr\u003eWorld Heritage on the Ground \u003cbr\u003eOn Melaka \u003cbr\u003eFieldwork in and Beyond Melaka \u003cbr\u003eOutline of the Chapters \u003cbr\u003e2 The Heritage Affairs: Mouse-Deer, White Elephants, and Watchdogs \u003cbr\u003eAntiquities: The Beginning \u003cbr\u003eMuseumification and Replication \u003cbr\u003eProjects of a Developmentalist State \u003cbr\u003e 'Where There is Sugar, There Are Ants!' \u003cbr\u003eRestructuring National Heritage \u003cbr\u003eSociety and the Heritage Affairs \u003cbr\u003eA Multilayered Heritage Haze \u003cbr\u003e3 UNESCO and the City \u003cbr\u003eTentative Steps: World Heritage Ambitions \u003cbr\u003eThe Hybrid State of Nomination \u003cbr\u003eThe State Party of Inscription \u003cbr\u003eThe Negeri of Conservation \u003cbr\u003eLearning in the World Heritage Arena \u003cbr\u003e4 Melakan Row Houses from the Ground Up \u003cbr\u003eRow Houses of Old Melaka: A Background \u003cbr\u003eForsaken Buildings: The Post-war Period \u003cbr\u003eRevaluation: From \u003ccite\u003eRUMAH Kedai\u003c\/cite\u003e to \u003ccite\u003eRumah KEDAI\u003c\/cite\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHousing Heritage: Some Approaches to Conservation \u003cbr\u003eFaçadomy of Private World Heritage Properties \u003cbr\u003eThe Malleability of Conservation Rules \u003cbr\u003eWhat State of Conservation for the Row Houses? \u003cbr\u003e5 Divide and Brand: Public Space, Politics, and Tourism \u003cbr\u003e 'To Visit Historic Melaka Means to Visit Malaysia' \u003cbr\u003eBranding Streets in the Consociational Way \u003cbr\u003eJonker Street and Walk \u003cbr\u003eA Walk for \u003ccite\u003eCari Makan\u003c\/cite\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'We Don't Need a Harmony Street, We Are the City of Harmony!' \u003cbr\u003eA Political Tsunami in Jonker Street \u003cbr\u003ePoliticized Heritage \u003cbr\u003e6 A Melakan Ancestral Village Beyond World Heritage \u003cbr\u003eThe Chetti Community: A Background \u003cbr\u003eThe Properties of the Ancestors \u003cbr\u003eThe Making of a \u003ccite\u003eKampung Warisan\u003c\/cite\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'We Are Sitting on a Gold Mine!' \u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ccite\u003eKampung\u003c\/cite\u003escape and The High-rise \u003cbr\u003e 'See You on the Thirteenth Floor!' \u003cbr\u003eWhat World Heritage Thresholds Do \u003cbr\u003e7 Epilogue of a Blessing and a Curse \u003cbr\u003eEthnographies of World Heritage Cities \u003cbr\u003eA Transnational Mis(s-)Understanding \u003cbr\u003eTopographies of World Heritage Exclusions \u003cbr\u003ePostscript: Inheriting the Cityscape in the Age of Hope? \u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Amsterdam University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49427751731543,"sku":"9789463725026","price":130.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/world-heritage-and-urban-politics-in-melaka-malaysia-a-cityscape-below-the-winds-9789463725026","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}