The Usable Past

Greek Metahistories

By: K. S. Brown (Editor), Yannis Hamilakis (Editor)

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Our views of the past and histories that we write are inevitably and inextricably influenced by our present and each successive generation will leave its mark on how history is portrayed and understood. These eleven essays, which derive from a conference held at the University of Wales, Lampeter, in 1998, advocate an interdisciplinary approach to studying the relationship between past and present in 20th-century Greece. Bringing `different and often contested understandings of history' to the forefront, contributors from the fields of anthropology, archaeology and history, assess Greek identity, tradition and history, closely linked with the demands of the present time. Contributors include: John Bintliff, Philip Carabott, Patrick Finney, Margaret E Kenna and David Sutton.

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. . . intellectually stimulating, a delight to read and one that will appeal to many humanists and social scientists... * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
Examining closely the conflicts between 'official' and 'unofficial' narratives of the past, as well as diverse interpretations of history directly influence by the modern day, The Useable Past is an insightful and scholarly work revealing not only document aspects of Hellenic history, but the flexibility of the human psyche as characteristics of the human condition today as it was in the days of Greek antiquity. * Midwest Book Review *
A stellar collection... Highly recommended. * CHOICE *

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Foreword
Acknowledgments
The Cupboard of the Yesterdays? Critical Perspectives on the Usable Past	p. 1
Projects: The State in Action
Monumental Visions: The Past in Metaxas' Weltanschauung	p. 23
"Learn History!" Antiquity, National Narrative, and History in Greek Educational Textbooks	p. 39
The Politics of Currency: Stamps, Coins, Banknotes, and the Circulation of Modern Greek Tradition	p. 69
Fractures: Resisting the National Narrative
The Macedonian Question in the 1920s and the Politics of History	p. 87
Recollecting Difference: Archive-Marxists and Old Calendarists in an Exile Community	p. 105
The Ethnoarchaeology of a "Passive" Ethnicity: The Arvanites of Central Greece	p. 129
Conversations: From Past to Present
Dimitris Pikionis and Sedad Eldem: Parallel Reflections of Vernacular and National Architecture	p. 147
Spaces in Tense: History, Contingency, and Place in a Cretan City	p. 171
Poked by the "Foreign Finger" in Greece: Conspiracy Theory or the Hermeneutics of Suspicion?	p. 191
Afterword	p. 211
Index	p. 223
About the Contributors	p. 237
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