ISBN:
9781782382188
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (190 p.)
Series Statement:
Museums and Collections 7
DDC:
940.5307447
Keywords:
Gosudarstvennyj muzej istorii Sankt-Peterburga
;
Muzeum Historyczne
;
Stadtmuseum Dresden
;
Museum
;
Weltkrieg
;
Sammlung
;
Ausstellung
;
Kollektives Gedächtnis
;
Musealisierung
;
Zweiter Weltkrieg
;
Russland
;
Osteuropa
;
Deutschland
Abstract:
Eastern European museums represent traumatic events of World War II, such as the Siege of Leningrad, the Warsaw Uprisings, and the Bombardment of Dresden, in ways that depict the enemy in particular ways. This image results from the interweaving of historical representations, cultural stereotypes and beliefs, political discourses, and the dynamics of exhibition narratives. This book presents a useful methodology for examining museum images and provides a critical analysis of the role historical museums play in the contemporary world. As the catastrophes of World War II still exert an enormous influence on the national identities of Russians, Poles, and Germans, museum exhibits can thus play an important role in this process.
DOI:
10.1515/9781782382188
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782382188?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781782382188
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