01429nas a2200289   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260001800043653001700061653001700078653001700095653001200112653001300124653002400137653002700161653001400188653001300202653001400215653001100229653002300240653001900263100001500282245002200297300001200319520076100331020004701092       2015                            d  bElsevier Inc.10aanthropology10aAuthenticity10aConservation10aCulture10aheritage10aintangible heritage10aInvention of tradition10aNostalgia10areligion10atradition10aUNESCO10aUrban anthropology10aWorld heritage1 aC. Brumann00aCultural Heritage  a414-4193 aCultural heritage includes the sites, things, and practices a society regards as old, important, and worthy of conservation. It is currently the subject of increasing popular and scholarly attention worldwide, and its conceptual scope is expanding. Most social scientists emphasize its functions for supporting ethnic, national, and elite interests but others point to its creative and counterhegemonic sides. The article reviews the relation of heritage with tourism and nostalgia, dissonant/negative heritage, heritage and religion, rural and urban heritage, and heritage institutions, in particular the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and its conventions. People s personal attachments to heritage deserve further study.  a9780080970875 (ISBN); 9780080970868 (ISBN)