Format:
VII, 226 S.
,
Ill.
Edition:
English ed., 1. publ.
ISBN:
978-1-8452-0488-4
,
1-8452-0488-3
,
978-1-8452-0489-1
,
1-8452-0489-1
Content:
The past 25 years has seen an extraordinary boom in a new kind of cultural complex: the memorial museum. These seek to research, represent, commemorate, and teach on the subject of dreadful, violent histories. With World War and Holocaust memorials as precursors, the kinds of events now recognized include genocide in Armenia, Cambodia, Rwanda, and the Balkans, state repression in Eastern Europe, apartheid in South Africa, terrorism in the US, political 'disappearances' in Chile and Argentina, massacres in China and Taiwan, and more. This book is the first of its kind to 'map' these new institutions and cultural spaces, which, although varying widely in size, style, and political situation, are nonetheless united in their desire to promote peace, tolerance, and the avoidance of future violence. Moving across nations and contexts, Memorial Museums critically analyzes the tactics of these institutions and gauges their wider public significance.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Very different proposition : introducing the memorial museum -- The surviving object : presence and absence in memorial museums -- Photographic memory : images from calamitous histories -- Rocks and hard places : location and spatiality in memorial museums -- Diplomatic assignment : the political fortunes of memorial museums -- The memorial museum identity complex : victimhood, culpability, and responsibility -- Looming disaster : memorial museums and the shaping of historic consciousness -- Fighting the forgetful future
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
,
General works
Keywords:
Historisches Museum
;
Gedenken
;
Kriegsverbrechen
;
Geschichte 1980-2005
;
Historisches Museum
;
Gedenken
;
Gewalt
;
Politik
;
Geschichte 1980-2005
;
Historische Stätte
;
Historisches Museum
;
Geschichte 1980-2005
;
Museum
;
Musealisierung
