U.S. Museum Histories and the Politics of Interpretation

Never Neutral
Herausgeber: Schiavo, Laura

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Produktbeschreibung

U.S. Museum Histories and the Politics of Interpretation is the first collection to examine the history of museums in the United States through the lens of the political and ideological underpinnings at the heart of exhibitions, collecting, and programming.

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Produktdetails

• Museum Meanings
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 162mm x 241mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 652g
• ISBN-13: 9781032204505
• ISBN-10: 1032204508
• Artikelnr.: 69033639

Autorenporträt

Laura Schiavo is an Associate Professor of Museum Studies at George Washington University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Indigeneity and Empire in William Clark's Museum of Indian
Curiosities, c.1816-1835; 2. "As an adjunct to the Documents": The Purpose
and Politics of Nineteenth-Century History Collections; 3. Collecting
Lincoln: Osborn H. Oldroyd and his Lincoln Memorial Collection, in the
House Where Lincoln Died; 4. Media Technologies and Salvage Anthropology at
the Smithsonian Institution: An exploration of archival documents and
museum power relations; 5. Early 20th-century museums of technology and
industry: Linking Progress to Capitalism; 6. The Witte Museum and Frontiers
of Public History: Building Stories of Anglo Supremacy, 1920s-1940s; 7.
Vassar Social Museum's "Great Idea" Challenges a Nation at War to Live Up
to Its Ideals; 8. Black Activism and the Museum in the Interwar Period: A
Baltimore Case Study; 9. "All the Art Is White": The Flint Institute of
Arts and the Movement from Black Power to Black Lives Matter; 10.
Persistence in Error: Science, Society, and the U.S. Museum in an Age of
Urgency; 11. Tribal Museums as Domains of Sovereignty; 12. Native Hawaiians
and the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Historical Reckoning, Truth-telling,
and Healing; Index.