Curating the Great War Hardback
Edited by Paul (Imperial War Museum, UK) Cornish, Nicholas J. (Professor of Material Culture at Bristol University, UK.) Saunders
Hardback
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Curating the Great War explores the inception and subsequent development of museums of the Great War and the animating spirit which lay behind them.
The book approaches museums of the Great War as political entities, some more overtly than others, but all unable to escape from the politics of the war, its profound legacies and its enduring memory.
Their changing configurations and content are explored as reflections of the social and political context in which they exist.
Curating of the Great War has expanded beyond the walls of museum buildings, seeking public engagement, both direct and digital, and taking in whole landscapes.
Recognizing this fact, the book examines these museums as standing at the nexus of historiography, museology, anthropology, archaeology, sociology and politics as well as being a lieux de mémoire.
Their multi-vocal nature makes them a compelling subject for research and above all the book highlights that it is in these museums that we see the most complete fusion of the material culture of conflict with its historical, political and experiential context. This book is an essential read for researchers of the reception of the Great War through material culture and museums.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:342 pages, 111 Halftones, black and white; 111 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/08/2022
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- ISBN:9781032204338
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:342 pages, 111 Halftones, black and white; 111 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/08/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9781032204338
