ISBN:
3837623068
,
9783837623062
Language:
English
Pages:
223 S.
,
Ill.
,
225 mm x 148 mm, 440 g
Series Statement:
Edition der Museumsakademie Joanneum 4
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Does War Belong in Museums?
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Does war belong in museums?
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Muchitsch, Wolfgang Does War Belong in Museums?
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Does war belong in museums?
DDC:
704.9493036
Keywords:
Violence in art Exhibitions
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War in art Exhibitions
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Ausstellungskatalog
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Ausstellungskatalog
;
Krieg
;
Gewalt
;
Ausstellung
;
Museum
;
Militärgeschichtliches Museum
;
Krieg
;
Präsentation
;
Museum
;
Ausstellung
;
Krieg
;
Gewalt
;
Präsentation
Abstract:
Presentations of war and violence in museums generally oscillate between the fascination of terror and its instruments and the didactic urge to explain violence and, by analysing it, make it easier to handle and prevent. The museums concerned also have to face up to these basic issues about the social and institutional handling of war and violence. Does war really belong in museums? And if it does, what objectives and means are involved? Can museums avoid trivializing and aestheticising war, transforming violence, injury, death and trauma into tourist sights? What images of shock or identification does one generate -- and what images would be desirable?
Abstract:
Presentations of war and violence in museums generally oscillate between the fascination of terror and its instruments and the didactic urge to explain violence and, by analysing it, make it easier to handle and prevent. The museums concerned also have to face up to these basic issues about the social and institutional handling of war and violence. Does war really belong in museums? And if it does, what objectives and means are involved? Can museums avoid trivializing and aestheticising war, transforming violence, injury, death and trauma into tourist sights? What images of shock or identification does one generate -- and what images would be desirable?
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=40309
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=40309
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