Defining Memory: Local Museums and the Construction of History in America's Changing Communities

Author:   Amy K. Levin ,  Joshua G. Adair
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Edition:   Second Edition
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9781538107881


Pages:   346
Publication Date:   20 October 2017
Format:   Paperback
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This updated edition of Defining Memory: Local Museums and the Construction of History in America's Changing Communities offers readers multiple lenses for viewing and discussing local institutions. New chapters are included in a section titled Museums Moving Forward, which analyzes the ways in which local museums have come to adopt digital technologies in selecting items for exhibitions as well as the complexities of creating institutions devoted to marginalized histories. In addition to the new chapters, the second edition updates existing chapters, presenting changes to the museums discussed. It features expanded discussions of how local museums treat (or ignore) racial and ethnic diversity and concludes with a look at how business relationships, political events, and the economy affect what is shown and how it is displayed in local museums.

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Author:   Amy K. Levin ,  Joshua G. Adair
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Edition:   Second Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.513kg
ISBN:  

9781538107881


ISBN 10:   1538107880
Pages:   346
Publication Date:   20 October 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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The second edition of Defining Memory: Local Museums and the Construction of History in America's Changing Communities takes one of the essential themes of the first edition - the important and complex relationship that place holds for local museums - and brings it squarely into the hot issues of the 21st century. Expanded and new essays tackle subjects that augment the many contributions that local museums bring to our communities and to the country at large. Topics such as museums and race, relevance, and the never-ending narrative of how museums negotiate political reality underscores the raison d'etre for such institutions, as eloquently stated in Carol Kammen's foreword: 'knowledge of the past, and of who we are today, is not something only an expert knows, but is something for which we all search and to which we all contribute.' -- Judith Margles, Director, Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education


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Amy K. Levin researches and teaches on race, class, and gender in museums. After 21 years as a professor and administrator at Northern Illinois University, she began a career as an independent scholar in 2016. Joshua G. Adair is associate professor of English at Murray State University in Kentucky, where he also serves as coordinator of Gender & Diversity Studies and director of the Racer Writing Center.

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