Pinar Aykaç

Sultanahmet, Istanbul's Historic Peninsula

Musealization and Urban Conservation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines how the museum concept has expanded beyond the boundaries of a single building into the historic city itself through the process of musealization. By discussing the Sultanahmet district on Istanbul’s historic peninsula, the author provides insight into this important global phenomenon.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781793641687
• ISBN-10: 1793641684
• Artikelnr.: 62755722

Autorenporträt

Pinar Aykaç is assistant professor at the Middle East Technical University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introduction: Historic City as a Museum
Chapter 2 Symbolic Centre of the Ottoman Empire
Chapter 3 Repurposing the Symbolic Monuments: A Strategy for Secularisation
Chapter 4 Sterilising an Emerging Tourist Destination
Chapter 5 Constructed Authenticity of a Tourism Centre
Chapter 6 Glorifying the Ottoman Past
Chapter 7 Conclusion: Musealisation as an Urban Process
Bibliography
About the Author