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.
Displays of power : memory and amnesia in the American museum / Steven C. Dubin.
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New York : New York University Press, c1999.
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T0380293
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English
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xiv, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction: Museums as Contested Sites -- 2. Crossing 125th Street: Harlem on My Mind Revisited -- 3. "The Troubles" in the New World: The Uncivil War over Gaelic Gotham -- 4. War of the Words: Psychoanalysis and Its Discontents -- 5. A Matter of Perspective: Revisionist History and The West as...
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New York : New York University Press, c1999.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c1999.
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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 D...
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Displays of power : memory and amnesia in the American museum / Steven C. Dubin.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-282) and index.
Transferred from N069.5/37.
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c1999.
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T0380293
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74VvrXKZKWBA
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0814718892 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780814718896 (acid-free paper)
0814718892 (acid-free paper)
9780814718902 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0814718906 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780814718896 (cloth : acid-free paper)
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069.5
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991011344209702626
