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Selling Jerusalem (Paperback, New edition)
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Selling Jerusalem (Paperback, New edition)
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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.
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