Making histories /
If historical culture is the specific and particular ways that a society engages with its past, this book aims to situate the professional practice of public history, now emerging across the world, within that framework. It links the increasingly varied practices of memory and history-making such as...
| Other Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter Oldenbourg,
[2020]
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| Series: | Public history in international perspective ;
volume 1. |
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| Summary: | If historical culture is the specific and particular ways that a society engages with its past, this book aims to situate the professional practice of public history, now emerging across the world, within that framework. It links the increasingly varied practices of memory and history-making such as genealogy, podcasting, reenactment, family histories, memoir writing, filmmaking and facebook histories with the work that professional historians do, both in and out of the academy. Making Histories asks questions about the role of the expert and notions of authority within a landscape that is increasingly concerned with connection to the past and authenticity. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 285 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-279) and index. |
| ISBN: | 3110632438 9783110632439 |