reimagining-abstracts - University of Birmingham

My research on the tourist image of Greece presents a new perspective for the
involvement of the state in the construction of the national image. I will probe the
concepts of Greece as ‘cradle to western civilization,’ and of ‘Greece’ as a
transnational artifact. And I may discuss how ethnicity took a cultural form enhanced
by the early tourist image promoted by state-sponsored organizations; and, how the
right to national identity has formed the foundation for cultural property to be viewed
as symbolic capital for the nation and features on heritage debates and national
initiatives for the reclaiming of specific artifacts.
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