ANTH 3120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Colonial Williamsburg, Invented Tradition, Edward Shils

• School: York University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 3120
• Professor: Teresa Holmes

Document Summary

Lecture outline: introduction, examining the process of framing the tourist gaze and constructing meaning in heritage tourism. How history is framed preservation or conservation: reconstruction of heritage sites to represent an authentic" past = conservation of the past. How is history framed: conservation of an authentic" heritage, reconstruction of an imagined historical past, example of conservation of heritage: colonial williamsburg. Nostalgia and the heritage industry: popularity of heritage sites linked to contemporary sense of nostalgia". A positive representation of a lived past in the context of some negative feeling toward present or impending circumstances. Discontent with perceived nature of contemporary life. Nostalgic memory is a cultural construct: popularity of heritage sites focused on labour, work, stability, and security the common man", north america focus on colonial past. Powerpoint: nostalgia and the colonial past: work and the common man", gender and race relations. Powerpoint: colonial williamsburg images - gendered and raced labor: examples and images from black creek pioneer village.