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Record Nr.

UNINA9910861960003321

Autore

Obermark Lauren E. <1981->

Titolo

Engaging museums : rhetorical education and social justice / / Lauren E. Obermark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

, : Southern Illinois University Press, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

9780809338511

9780809338504

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 pages)

Disciplina

069.07

Soggetti

Collective memory

Rhetoric - Study and teaching

Museums - Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: The Catalyst of Memory -- 1. Rhetorical Education and Why Museums Matter -- 2. A Pedagogy for Identification -- 3. Toward a Collective Rhetoric -- 4. Expanding the Canon of Memory -- 5. Engaging Museums: The Possibilities of Memory -- Appendixes -- A. Interview Questions for Museum Staff Members -- B. Interview Questions for Museum Visitors -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book offers a complex theoretical intervention into rhetorical education and its unrealized potential in regard to engagement with social justice"--