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- ISBN: 9780415473965 | 0415473969
- Cover: Nonspecific Binding
- Copyright: 1/26/2009
The development and ratification of the UNESCO Convention on the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003) has seen a significant increase in international debate about not only the nature and value of intangible heritage, but also the meaning and character of heritage more generally. Greeted with enthusiasm by many countries, the convention was also met with wariness and apprehension in much of the West, and the idea of 'intangible heritage' is a relatively unexplored concept in many Western countries.