Format:
223 S.
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Ill.
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225 mm x 148 mm, 440 g
ISBN:
3837623068
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9783837623062
Series Statement:
Edition der Museumsakademie Joanneum 4
Content:
Presentations of war and violence in museums generally oscillate between the fascination of terror and its instruments and the didactic urge to explain violence and, by analysing it, make it easier to handle and prevent. The museums concerned also have to face up to these basic issues about the social and institutional handling of war and violence. Does war really belong in museums? And if it does, what objectives and means are involved? Can museums avoid trivializing and aestheticising war, transforming violence, injury, death and trauma into tourist sights? What images of shock or identification does one generate -- and what images would be desirable?
Content:
Presentations of war and violence in museums generally oscillate between the fascination of terror and its instruments and the didactic urge to explain violence and, by analysing it, make it easier to handle and prevent. The museums concerned also have to face up to these basic issues about the social and institutional handling of war and violence. Does war really belong in museums? And if it does, what objectives and means are involved? Can museums avoid trivializing and aestheticising war, transforming violence, injury, death and trauma into tourist sights? What images of shock or identification does one generate -- and what images would be desirable?
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783839423066
Additional Edition:
Online-Ausg. Does War Belong in Museums? Bielefeld : transcript, 2013
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Does war belong in museums? Bielefeld : transcript, 2013 ISBN 9783839423066
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Muchitsch, Wolfgang Does War Belong in Museums? Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, 2013 ISBN 9783839423066
Additional Edition:
Online-Ausg. Does war belong in museums? Bielefeld : transcript, 2013 ISBN 9783839423066
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
Keywords:
Krieg
;
Gewalt
;
Ausstellung
;
Museum
;
Militärgeschichtliches Museum
;
Krieg
;
Präsentation
;
Museum
;
Ausstellung
;
Krieg
;
Gewalt
;
Präsentation
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Ausstellungskatalog
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=40309
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