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The Resource Displays of power : memory and amnesia in the American museum, Steven C. Dubin
Displays of power : memory and amnesia in the American museum, Steven C. Dubin
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The item Displays of power : memory and amnesia in the American museum, Steven C. Dubin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item Displays of power : memory and amnesia in the American museum, Steven C. Dubin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.
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- Summary
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- In the past, museums glorified wealth and validated authority. But today, pressure groups frequently mobilize either to force their own perspective upon museum walls, or to prevent opposing opinions from being expressed. Exhibition controversies are similar to "tagged genes": They are markers for critical conditions, but not the cause of them. In Displays of Power, Steven C. Dubin examines the most controversial exhibitions of the 1990s. These include shows about ethnicity, slavery, Freud, the Old West, and the dropping of the atomic bomb by the Enola Gay. Some of these exhibitions challenged standard narratives, while others were faulted for failing to do so
- Drawing directly upon interviews with many key combatants: museum administrators, community activists, curators, and scholars, Displays of Power authoritatively analyzes these episodes of America struggling to redefine itself in the late twentieth century
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 290 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: museums as contested sites
- Crossing 125th Street: Harlem on my mind revisited
- "The troubles" in the New World: the uncivil war over Gaelic Gotham
- War of the words: psychoanalysis and its discontents
- A matter of perspective: revisionist history and The West as America
- Battle royal: the final mission of the Enola Gay
- The postmodern exhibition: cut on the bias, or is Enola Gay a verb?
- Isbn
- 9780814718896
- Label
- Displays of power : memory and amnesia in the American museum
- Title
- Displays of power
- Title remainder
- memory and amnesia in the American museum
- Statement of responsibility
- Steven C. Dubin
- Subject
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- Cultural policy
- Culture conflict
- Culture conflict -- United States
- Culture populaire -- Aspect politique
- Culture populaire -- États-Unis
- Museum exhibits -- Political aspects
- Museum exhibits -- Political aspects -- United States
- Museum techniques
- Museum techniques -- Political aspects -- United States
- Museum techniques -- United States
- Muséologie -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis
- Muséologie -- États-Unis
- Conflit culturel -- États-Unis
- Political correctness
- Political correctness
- Political correctness -- United States
- Politique et culture -- États-Unis
- Politiquement correct (Mouvement)
- Popular culture -- Political aspects
- Popular culture -- Political aspects
- Popular culture -- Political aspects -- United States
- United States
- United States -- Cultural policy
- États-Unis -- Politique culturelle
- Objets exposés -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- In the past, museums glorified wealth and validated authority. But today, pressure groups frequently mobilize either to force their own perspective upon museum walls, or to prevent opposing opinions from being expressed. Exhibition controversies are similar to "tagged genes": They are markers for critical conditions, but not the cause of them. In Displays of Power, Steven C. Dubin examines the most controversial exhibitions of the 1990s. These include shows about ethnicity, slavery, Freud, the Old West, and the dropping of the atomic bomb by the Enola Gay. Some of these exhibitions challenged standard narratives, while others were faulted for failing to do so
- Drawing directly upon interviews with many key combatants: museum administrators, community activists, curators, and scholars, Displays of Power authoritatively analyzes these episodes of America struggling to redefine itself in the late twentieth century
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Dubin, Steven C
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- AM151
- LC item number
- .D84 1999
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Museum exhibits
- Museum techniques
- Culture conflict
- Popular culture
- Political correctness
- Political correctness
- Popular culture
- Museum techniques
- Objets exposés
- Muséologie
- Conflit culturel
- Culture populaire
- Politiquement correct (Mouvement)
- Cultural policy
- Culture conflict
- Museum exhibits
- Museum techniques
- Political correctness
- Popular culture
- Muséologie
- Culture populaire
- Politique et culture
- United States
- États-Unis
- United States
- Label
- Displays of power : memory and amnesia in the American museum, Steven C. Dubin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-282) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: museums as contested sites -- Crossing 125th Street: Harlem on my mind revisited -- "The troubles" in the New World: the uncivil war over Gaelic Gotham -- War of the words: psychoanalysis and its discontents -- A matter of perspective: revisionist history and The West as America -- Battle royal: the final mission of the Enola Gay -- The postmodern exhibition: cut on the bias, or is Enola Gay a verb?
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 290 pages
- Isbn
- 9780814718896
- Lccn
- 98058108
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)40498150
- (OCoLC)ocm40498150
- Label
- Displays of power : memory and amnesia in the American museum, Steven C. Dubin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-282) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: museums as contested sites -- Crossing 125th Street: Harlem on my mind revisited -- "The troubles" in the New World: the uncivil war over Gaelic Gotham -- War of the words: psychoanalysis and its discontents -- A matter of perspective: revisionist history and The West as America -- Battle royal: the final mission of the Enola Gay -- The postmodern exhibition: cut on the bias, or is Enola Gay a verb?
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 290 pages
- Isbn
- 9780814718896
- Lccn
- 98058108
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)40498150
- (OCoLC)ocm40498150
Subject
- Cultural policy
- Culture conflict
- Culture conflict -- United States
- Culture populaire -- Aspect politique
- Culture populaire -- États-Unis
- Museum exhibits -- Political aspects
- Museum exhibits -- Political aspects -- United States
- Museum techniques
- Museum techniques -- Political aspects -- United States
- Museum techniques -- United States
- Muséologie -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis
- Muséologie -- États-Unis
- Conflit culturel -- États-Unis
- Political correctness
- Political correctness
- Political correctness -- United States
- Politique et culture -- États-Unis
- Politiquement correct (Mouvement)
- Popular culture -- Political aspects
- Popular culture -- Political aspects
- Popular culture -- Political aspects -- United States
- United States
- United States -- Cultural policy
- États-Unis -- Politique culturelle
- Objets exposés -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis
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