Memorial Museums: The Global Rush to Commemorate Atrocities

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Memorial Museums: The Global Rush to Commemorate Atrocities
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The past 25 years has seen an extraordinary boom in a new kind of cultural complex: the memorial museum. These seek to research, represent, commemorate and teach on the subject of dreadful, violent histories. With World War and Holocaust memorials as precursors, the kinds of events now recognized include genocide in Armenia, Cambodia, Rwanda and the Balkans, state repression in Eastern Europe, apartheid in South Africa, terrorism in the United States, political "disappearances" in Chile and Argentina, massacres in China and Taiwan, and more.

This book is the first of its kind to "map" these new institutions and cultural spaces, which, although varying widely in size, style and political situation, are nonetheless united in their desire to promote peace, tolerance and the avoidance of future violence. Moving across nations and contexts, Memorial Museums critically analyzes the tactics of these institutions and gauges their wider public significance.
Country USA
Brand Berg Publishers
Manufacturer Berg Publishers
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781845204891
ReleaseDate 2008-02-19
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781845204891

Country	USA
Brand	Berg Publishers
Manufacturer	Berg Publishers
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781845204891
ReleaseDate	2008-02-19
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781845204891

Memorial Museums: The Global Rush to Commemorate Atrocities

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