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Displays of power : memory and amnesia in the American museum, Steven C. Dubin

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Summary
  • 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
Work
Publication
Extent
xiv, 290 pages
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?
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9780814718896
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Displays of power : memory and amnesia in the American museum
Title
Displays of power
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memory and amnesia in the American museum
Statement of responsibility
Steven C. Dubin
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
  • 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
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Dubin, Steven C
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Index
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LC call number
AM151
LC item number
.D84 1999
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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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
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Displays of power : memory and amnesia in the American museum, Steven C. Dubin
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-282) and index
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rdacarrier
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text
Content type code
  • txt
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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
  • (OCoLC)40498150
  • (OCoLC)ocm40498150
Label
Displays of power : memory and amnesia in the American museum, Steven C. Dubin
Publication
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
  • (OCoLC)40498150
  • (OCoLC)ocm40498150

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