Main entry:

Wharton, Annabel Jane.

Title & Author:

Selling Jerusalem : relics, replicas, theme parks / Annabel Jane Wharton.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Description:

xi, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-265) and index.
Introduction: project, keywords, debts -- Fragmented Jerusalem : city as gift -- Replicated Jerusalem : temple, templars, and primitive accumulation -- Fabricated Jerusalem : Franciscans and pious mountains -- Mechanically reproduced Jerusalem : entrepreneurs and tourists -- Spectacularized Jerusalem : imperialism, globalization, and the Holy Land as theme park -- Conclusion: illusion and immateriality.

Summary:

'Selling Jerusalem' offers an 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.

Resources:
Table of contents
Book review (H-Net)
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents

ISBN:

0226894215 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780226894218 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0226894223 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780226894225

Subject:

Templars.
Franciscans.
Ordre du Temple.
Popular culture Religious aspects Christianity.
Popular culture Economic aspects.
Relics Jerusalem.
Culture populaire Aspect religieux Christianisme.
Culture populaire Aspect économique.
Reliques Jérusalem.
Public opinion
Relics
Christendom.
Heilige plaatsen.
Populaire cultuur.
Relics Israel Jerusalem.
Culture populaire Aspect politique Christianisme.
Jerusalem In popular culture.
Jerusalem Foreign public opinion History.
Middle East Jerusalem
Jeruzalem.
Jerusalem (Israel) In popular culture.
Jerusalem (Israel) Foreign public opinion History.
Jérusalem Opinion publique étrangère.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 246498
Call No.: BIB 176091
Status: Available