Exhibiting Atrocity Memorial Museums and the Politics of Past Violence

Through a global comparative approach, Amy Sodaro uses in-depth case studies of five exemplary memorial museums that commemorate a range of violent pasts and allow for a chronological and global examination of the form: the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC; the House of Terror in Budap...

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Main Author: Sodaro, Amy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick Rutgers University Press 2018
Edition:1
Subjects:
Anthropology
Art & Art History
Chile
Collective memory
Crimes against humanity
Cultural & Social
cultural studies
Genocide
History
House of Terror
human rights
Hungary
identity
Kigali
Library and information sciences / Museology
memory
Museology and heritage studies
Museum Studies
museums
Political atrocities
Political atrocities-Exhibitions
Political Science
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
Rwanda
Social Science
Sociology
The arts. Fine and decorative arts
The Holocaust
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
violence
ISBN:9780813592176, 0813592178, 0813592143, 9780813592145
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION 1: MEMORIAL MUSEUMS: 2: THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM: 3: THE HOUSE OF TERROR: 4: THE KIGALI GENOCIDE MEMORIAL CENTRE: 5: THE MUSEUM OF MEMORY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: 6: THE NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL MUSEUM: 7: MEMORIAL MUSEUMS: NOTES REFERENCES INDEX Back Matter
  • Title Page, Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Memorial Museums: The Emergence of a New Form Chapter 2: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Creation of a “Living Memorial” Chapter 3: The House of Terror: “The Only One of Its Kind” Chapter 4: The Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre: Building a “Lasting Peace” Chapter 5: The Museum of Memory and Human Rights: “A Living Museum for Chile’s Memory” Chapter 6: The National September 11 Memorial Museum: “To Bear Solemn Witness” Chapter 7: Memorial Museums: Promises and Limits Notes References Index About the Author
  • Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Memorial Museums: The Emergence of a New Form -- Chapter 2: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Creation of a "Living Memorial" -- Chapter 3: The House of Terror: "The Only One of Its Kind" -- Chapter 4: The Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre: Building a "Lasting Peace" -- Chapter 5: The Museum of Memory and Human Rights: "A Living Museum for Chile's Memory" -- Chapter 6: The National September 11 Memorial Museum: "To Bear Solemn Witness" -- Chapter 7: Memorial Museums: Promises and Limits -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author