Consuming heritage

Based on research in the old Recife Quarter in the city of Recife, capital of Pernambuco state, Brazil, this study examines processes of gentrification in areas of heritage value. The article focuses on the way in which these urban policies have transformed cultural heritage into a commodity, and ur...

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Main Author: Rogerio Proença Leite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Antropologia 2013-10-01
Series:Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/vibrant/568