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Imagined Archaeologies: Stereotypes and Myths in Cinema, From Indiana Jones to Arturo Frantini

Imagined Archaeologies: Stereotypes and Myths in Cinema, From Indiana Jones to Arturo Frantini

Antonia Falcone, Pierluigi Giroldini
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781799810599|ISBN10: 1799810593|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799810605|EISBN13: 9781799810612
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1059-9.ch014
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Falcone, Antonia, and Pierluigi Giroldini. "Imagined Archaeologies: Stereotypes and Myths in Cinema, From Indiana Jones to Arturo Frantini." Developing Effective Communication Skills in Archaeology, edited by Enrico Proietti, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 285-307. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1059-9.ch014

APA

Falcone, A. & Giroldini, P. (2020). Imagined Archaeologies: Stereotypes and Myths in Cinema, From Indiana Jones to Arturo Frantini. In E. Proietti (Ed.), Developing Effective Communication Skills in Archaeology (pp. 285-307). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1059-9.ch014

Chicago

Falcone, Antonia, and Pierluigi Giroldini. "Imagined Archaeologies: Stereotypes and Myths in Cinema, From Indiana Jones to Arturo Frantini." In Developing Effective Communication Skills in Archaeology, edited by Enrico Proietti, 285-307. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1059-9.ch014

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Abstract

Indiana Jones and Lara Croft, but also Sharon Golban and Arturo Frantini, are characters narrating the multi-faceted job of the archaeologist, a great appeal to the public since the beginning of the cinema. The chapter understands the origins of this fascination, outlining the evolution of the character and his difficult relation with archaeologists in flesh and bones. A new typology of film archaeologists is proposed. Treasure hunters, academic researchers or field workers, cinema codified stereotypes that especially in the last 30 years have been analyzed, contested, or approved by scholars. Among quests, precious objects to be rescued, and characters loved by the great public, archaeology in cinema is sometimes in the background, but continues to have a prominent place in popular culture. Archaeologists should deal with this phenomenon to better understand the reception (or sometimes the distortion) of their work by the public.

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