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Cultural Diplomacy and the Heritage of Empire - Negotiating Post-Colonial Returns (Paperback)
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Cultural Diplomacy and the Heritage of Empire - Negotiating Post-Colonial Returns (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Culture and Development
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Cultural Diplomacy and the Heritage of Empire analyzes the history
of the negotiations that led to the atypical return of colonial-era
cultural property from the Netherlands to Indonesia in the 1970s.
By doing so, the book shows that competing visions of post-colonial
redress were contested throughout the era of post-World War II
decolonization. Considering the danger this precedent posed to
other countries, the book looks beyond the Dutch-Indonesian case to
the "Elgin (Parthenon) Marbles" and "Benin Bronzes" controversies,
as well as recent developments relating to returns in France and
the Netherlands. Setting aside the "universalism versus
nationalism" debate, Scott asserts that the deeper meaning of
post-colonial cultural property disputes in European history has
more to do with how officials of former colonial powers negotiated
decolonization, while also creating contemporary understandings of
their nations' pasts. As a whole, the book expands the field of
cultural restitution studies and offers a more nuanced
understanding of the connections drawn between postcolonial
national identity making and the extension of cultural diplomacy.
Cultural Diplomacy and the Heritage of Empire offers a new
perspective on the international influence of the UNGA and UNESCO
on the return debate. As such, the book will be of interest to
scholars, students and practitioners engaged in the study of
cultural property diplomacy and law, museum and heritage studies,
modern European history, post-colonial studies and historical
anthropology.
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