Festivals and Heritage in Latin America: Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Culture, Identity and Tourism

It focuses on music,dance,and railway heritage,considering artistic,archaeological,natural,ethnological,and industrial aspects. The book is divided into four thematic sections and presents chapters on diverse topics such as samba, cultural identities, railway assets, Antarctic archaeology, scenic landscapes, and urban memory.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 269 pages
Publication date: 17 April 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Following the first volume on Latin American Heritage, published in this book series in 2019, this new volume focuses on music, dance, and railway heritage, considering artistic, archaeological, natural, ethnological, and industrial aspects. It is divided into four thematic sections: 1) Parties and Cultural Heritage, 2) Railway Heritage and Museums, 3) Archaeological Heritage and Tourism, and 4) Cultural Landscape and Tourism. It presents chapters on a diverse range of topics, from samba and cultural identities in Rio de Janeiro and London to the musealization of railway assets, the history of Antarctic archaeology, the value of scenic landscapes and urban memory in Spain, and the cultural landscape of Brazil.

This book explores a variety of heritage dialogues, pursuing global and specific approaches, and combining different views, perceptions, and senses, including video fragments. Following the first volume on Latin American Heritage, published in this book series in 2019, this new volume focuses on music, dance, and railway heritage, considering artistic, archaeological, natural, ethnological, and industrial aspects. It is divided into four thematic sections: 1) Parties and Cultural Heritage, 2) Railway Heritage and Museums, 3) Archaeological Heritage and Tourism, and 4) Cultural Landscape and Tourism. It presents chapters on a diverse range of topics, from samba and cultural identities in Rio de Janeiro and London to the musealization of railway assets, the history of Antarctic archaeology, the value of scenic landscapes and urban memory in Spain, and the cultural landscape of Brazil.

This unique book explores a variety of heritage dialogues, pursuing global and specific approaches, and combining different views, perceptions, and senses, including video fragments. Following the first volume on Latin American Heritage, published in this book series in 2019, this new volume focuses on music, dance, and railway heritage, considering artistic, archaeological, natural, ethnological, and industrial aspects. It is divided into four thematic sections: 1) Parties and Cultural Heritage, 2) Railway Heritage and Museums, 3) Archaeological Heritage and Tourism, and 4) Cultural Landscape and Tourism. It presents chapters on a diverse range of topics, from samba and cultural identities in Rio de Janeiro and London to the musealization of railway assets, the history of Antarctic archaeology, the value of scenic landscapes and urban memory in Spain, and the cultural landscape of Brazil.

Weight: 450g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030679873
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021