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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300607803321

Autore

Porsché Yannik

Titolo

Public Representations of Immigrants in Museums : Exhibition and Exposure in France and Germany / / by Yannik Porsché

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-66357-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 pages) : color illustrations, photographs

Collana

Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse, , 2946-6008

Disciplina

069

Soggetti

Pragmatics

Linguistics - Methodology

Culture

Ethnology

Research Methods in Language and Linguistics

Sociology of Culture

Sociocultural Anthropology

Global and International Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1: Introduction: Staging public representations in the Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, the Deutsches Historisches Museum, and the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum -- 2: Museums, the public, and immigration -- 3: Microsociological Contextualisation Analysis -- 4: Epistemic production behind the museum scenes in France and Germany -- 5: Public interactions on the museum stages -- 6: Conclusion: Exhibiting immigrants-exposing the public.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers an interactionist perspective on theories of public representation, knowledge and immigration in museum institutions. Examining how a Franco-German museum exhibition represents immigrants and exposes public stereotypes, the analysis follows the process of the production and reception of the exhibition as it travelled from Paris to Berlin. The author proposes a microsociological contextualisation analysis integrating discourse analysis and ethnography to compare formats of museum work, social interaction in



the exhibition and mass media debates. Visitor reception of the different exhibition versions reveal the symbolic nature of interactions in museums, for example concerning conflicting political voices and accusations of censorship. Depending on the institutional context, interactions in the museums are geared towards securing immigrants a place in national collective memory, towards carrying out debate on integration, or providing opportunities for personal encounters and reflection beyond national categorisation. This book will appeal to students and researchers interested in work on the intersection of sociology, cultural studies, and discursive psychology, in methods of discourse analysis and ethnography; and to practitioners working in museums.