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Record Nr.

UNINA9910269348303321

Autore

Jong Steffi de <1984->

Titolo

The witness as object : video testimony in memorial museums / / Steffi De Jong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn, , 2018

ISBN

1-78533-644-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 271 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Museums and Collections ; ; Volume 10

Disciplina

940.5318075

Soggetti

Video tapes in historiography

Oral history

Historical museums - Exhibitions

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Personal narratives

Collective memory

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Historiography

Holocaust survivors - Interviews - Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-265) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Today more than ever before, the historical witness is now a “museum object” in the form of video interviews with individuals remembering events of historical importance. Such video testimonies now not only are part of the collections and research activities of museums, but become deeply intertwined with narrative and exhibit design. With a focus on Holocaust museums, this study scrutinizes for the first time this new global process of “musealisation” of testimony, exploring the processes, prerequisites, and consequences of the transformation of video testimonies into exhibits.