Download or read book Preservation and National Belonging in Eastern Germany written by J. James and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-08-31 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on cultural anthropology and cultural studies, this book sheds new light on the everyday politics of heritage and memory by illuminating local, everyday engagements with Germanness through heritage fetishism, claims to hometown belonging, and the performative appropriation of cultural property.