LEADER 04936oam 2200709K 450 001 9910831853803321 005 20240509115456.0 010 $a9780429647192 010 $a0429647190 010 $a9781138567825 010 $a1138567825 010 $a9780429649837 010 $a0429649835 024 8 $ahttps://doi.org/10.4324/9781138567825 035 $a(CKB)4100000009588027 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5942038 035 $a(OCoLC)1123193594 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1123193594 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781138567825 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/32219 035 $a(ScCtBLL)58f76c38-967b-43c0-9904-de969485608d 035 $a(oapen)doab32219 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009588027 100 $a20191016d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu---unuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aMuseums and sites of persuasion $epolitics, memory and human rights /$fedited by Joyce Apsel, Amy Sodaro 205 $a1st ed. 210 $cTaylor & Francis$d2020 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 220 pages) $cillustrations (black and white) 225 1 $aMuseum meanings ;$vVolume 26 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781138567818 311 08$a1138567817 311 08$a9781138565357 311 08$a1138565350 327 $aCover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Museums, politics and persuasion -- Introduction: memory, politics and human rights -- 1 Selective memory: memorial museums, human rights, and the politics of victimhood -- Part II Writing national histories -- 2 Between traditional and modern museology: exhibiting national history in the Museum of Georgia -- 3 Curating enslavement and the colonial history of Denmark: the 2017 centennial -- 4 Kosovo's NEWBORN monument: persuasion, contestation, and the narrative constructions of past and future -- Part III Displaying difficult pasts -- 5 "Inspiration lives here": struggle, martyrdom, and redemption in Atlanta's National Center for Civil and Human Rights -- 6 The So?n My? Memorial and Museum: a continuous memorial service to remember and bear witness to the 1968 My? Lai Massacre -- 7 Memory as persuasion: historical discourse and moral messages at Peru's Place of Memory, Tolerance, and Social Inclusion -- Part IV Resistance through memory -- 8 Mexico City's Memorial to the Victims of Violence and the façade of participation -- 9 Narratives of ethnic and political conflict in Burundian sites of persuasion -- Conclusion -- Works cited -- Index. 330 $aMuseums and Sites of Persuasion examines the concept of museums and memory sites as locations that attempt to promote human rights, democracy and peace. Demonstrating that such sites have the potential to act as powerful spaces of persuasion or contestation, the book also shows that there are perils in the selective memory and history that they present. Examining a range of museums, memorials and exhibits in places as varied as Burundi, Denmark, Georgia, Kosovo, Mexico, Peru, Vietnam and the US, this volume demonstrates how they represent and try to come to terms with difficult histories. As sites of persuasion, the contributors to this book argue, their public goal is to use memory and education about the past to provide moral lessons to visitors that will encourage a more democratic and peaceful future. However, the case studies also demonstrate how political, economic and social realities often undermine this lofty goal, raising questions about how these sites of persuasion actually function on a daily basis. Straddling several interdisciplinary fields of research and study, Museums and Sites of Persuasion will be essential reading for those working in the fields of museum studies, memory studies, and genocide studies. It will also be essential reading for museum practitioners and anyone engaged in the study of history, sociology, political science, anthropology and art history. 410 0$aMuseum meanings ;$vVolume 26. 606 $aHuman rights$xMuseums$xSocial aspects 606 $aMuseums$xPolitical aspects 606 $aMemorials$xSocial aspects 606 $aPersuasion (Psychology) 606 $aCollective memory 615 0$aHuman rights$xMuseums$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aMuseums$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aMemorials$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aPersuasion (Psychology) 615 0$aCollective memory. 676 $a153.852 702 $aApsel$b Joyce 702 $aSodaro$b Amy$f1975- 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910831853803321 996 $aMuseums and sites of persuasion$94323111 997 $aUNINA