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The wages of history : emotional labor on public history's front lines /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tyson, Amy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2013]
Series:Public history in historical perspective.
Subjects:
Historical reenactments > Psychological aspects > Minnesota > Fort Snelling.
Historical reenactments > Psychological aspects > Case studies.
Historic sites > Interpretive programs > Psychological aspects > Minnesota > Fort Snelling.
Historic sites > Interpretive programs > Psychological aspects > Case studies.
Public history > Minnesota > Fort Snelling.
Acting > Psychological aspects > Case studies.
Historical reenactments > Minnesota > Fort Snelling > Psychological aspects.
Historic sites > Interpretive programs > Minnesota > Fort Snelling > Psychological aspects.
Fort Snelling (Minn.) > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Customer service superstars
  • Public history's emotional proletariat, 1960-1996
  • Performing a public service: from historic site to work site, 1960-1985
  • "Our seat at the table": interpreter agency and consent, 1985-1996
  • Historic Fort Snelling's front line, 1996-2006
  • The wages of living history: rewards and costs of emotional investment
  • Pursuing authenticity: creative autonomy and workplace games
  • Interpreting painful histories: emotional comfort and connecting.