Tradition and Transmission: Current Trends in French Ethnology
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
817305259X
Length
xxvi+283p., Tables; Illustrations; Figures; Plates; Bibliography; 22cm.
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In a world increasingly sanitized by globalisation, the concept of conservation of ethnological heritage becomes ever more relevant. The process of French decolonisation generated new cultural perspectives. There was a growing perception that the cultural markers, which constituted the ethos of a particular group or community, deserved the same degree of recognition and protection as that accorded to natural diversity. The hazards posed by the growing tentacles ...
