Popular Receptions of Archaeology : Fictional and Factual Texts in 19th and Early 20th Century Britain

Popular archaeology is a heterogeneous phenomenon: Focusing on the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, Egyptian mummies, and the ruin complex Great Zimbabwe in fictional and factual texts, Susanne Duesterberg analyses the popular reception of archaeology in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. She offers an interdisciplinary and comparative view on the reception of the different archaeologies, reflecting contemporary sociocultural concerns in connection with identity formation. With its focus on popular culture as well as identity and memory studies, the book appeals to both a general public and experts from various disciplines. Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: PRELIMINARIES 1. Notions of Identity 2. Victorian and Edwardian Britain 2.1 Age of Ambivalence: The Rise of Mass Culture 2.2 Discovering New Territories: History, Science, Empire, and Gender 3. The Genesis of a Popular Archaeological Discourse in Britain 3.1 From Antiquarianism to Archaeology 3.2 Greek Archaeology: ›Ubi Troia Fuit‹ or ›Ubi Britannia Est‹ 3.3 Egyptian Archaeology: The Mummy in Fiction 3.4 Zimbabwean Archaeology: The Empire as a Space of Negation and Construction PART II: POPULAR RECEPTIONS OF ARCHAEOLOGY 4. Archaeology as a Space of Ambivalence 4.1 Penetrating the Darkness: Experiencing the Unknown 4.2 The Texture of the Past: Dreams and the Subliminal 4.3 Mapping the Past Interim Findings: Archaeology as a Space of Ambivalence 5. Heinrich Schliemann’s Troy as the most familiar strangeness 5.1 A Case in Point: Heinrich Schliemann as a Victorian Role Model 5.2 Sophia Schliemann: ›Angel Outside the House‹ 5.3 Search for Origin – Excavating the Self 5.4 Archaeology and Prosperity 5.5 Dr Henry Schliemann: The Art of Self-Promotion 5.6 Entertaining the Masses: From Burlington House to South Kensington 5.7 The Fall of the Mighty: Troy, Mycenae, and Britain Interim Findings: Heinrich Schliemann’s Troy as the most familiar strangeness 6. The Mummy as the less familiar strangeness 6.1 Narrating History: Memory, Fantasy, and Madness 6.2 Reconstructing the Past: Search for Evidence in the Present 6.3 Victim and Perpetrator: Exchanging Roles 6.4 Pharos the Almighty: The Subversion of Victorian Gender Roles 6.5 Margaret Trelawny: The ›Other‹ Woman Interim Findings: The Mummy as the less familiar strangeness 7. The Mummy and Great Zimbabwe as the most unfamiliar strangeness 7.1 »The disease travels fast«: The Invisible Threat 7.2 »The advancing Shadow« of the Past: The Consummation of the Present 7.3 The Inexplicable Evil 7.4 The Legacy of Bygone Times: The Power of the Past and the Corruption of the Present 7.5 The Survival of the Whitest 7.6 Britain and Haggard’s Zimboe Interim Findings: The Mummy and Great Zimbabwe as the most unfamiliar strangeness Conclusion Bibliography Index Popular archaeology is a heterogeneous phenomenon: Focusing on the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, Egyptian mummies, and the ruin complex Great Zimbabwe in fictional and factual texts, Susanne Duesterberg analyses the popular reception of archaeology in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. She offers an interdisciplinary and comparative view on the reception of the different archaeologies, reflecting contemporary sociocultural concerns in connection with identity formation. With its focus on popular culture as well as identity and memory studies, the book appeals to both a general public and experts from various disciplines. Archaeology,Culture,Literature,Newspapers,Periodicals,History,Britain,Heinrich Schliemann,Egypt,Great Zimbabwe,Cultural History,Science,Memory Culture,History of Science,British History Popular archaeology is a heterogeneous phenomenon. By focusing on the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, Egyptian mummies, and the ruin complex Great Zimbabwe in fictional and factual texts, Susanne Duesterberg maps the popular reception of archaeology in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Her new interdisciplinary and comparative view on different archaeologies reflected in contemporary sociocultural concerns, along with her focus on popular culture, identity, gender, postcolonial theory, and memory studies, helps this book appeal broadly to experts and the general public