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Does War Belong in Museums? : The Representation of Violence in Exhibitions /

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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 soci...

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Corporate Authors: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2016: Backlist Collection (http://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/funder,), Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Bounia, Alexandra (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/contributor,), Hacker, Barton C. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/contributor,), Nater Cartier, Carol (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/contributor,), Ortner, Christian M. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/contributor,), Pieken, Gorch (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/contributor,), Klinger, Jane (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/contributor,), Winter, Jay (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/contributor,), Janeke, Kristiane (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/contributor,), Vining, Margaret (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/contributor,), Muchitsch, Wolfgang (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/editor,, Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/contributor,), Kern, Patrizia (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/contributor,), Rekdal, Per B. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/contributor,), Gryse, Piet de (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/contributor,), Raths, Ralf (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/contributor,), Ehrenreich, Robert M. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/contributor,), Hagemann, Susanne (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/contributor,), Stylianou-Lambert, Theopisti (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/contributor,), Fenz, Werner (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/contributor,)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Bielefeld : transcript-Verlag, [2014]
Edition:1. Aufl.
Series:Edition Museumsakademie Joanneum ; 4
Subjects:
Violence in art > Exhibitions.
War in art > Exhibitions.
Conflict.
Cultural History.
Exhibition.
Memory Culture.
Museology.
Violence.
War.
Violence dans l'art > Expositions.
Guerre dans l'art > Expositions.
ART / Museum Studies.
Violence in art.
War in art.
Electronic books.
Exhibition catalogs.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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?
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9783839423066
3839423066