Exhibiting patriotism : creating and contesting interpretations of American historic sites / / Teresa Bergman
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Bergman Teresa
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| Titolo: |
Exhibiting patriotism : creating and contesting interpretations of American historic sites / / Teresa Bergman
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Historic sites - Interpretive programs - United States |
| Visitors' centers - United States | |
| Historiography - Social aspects - United States | |
| USS Arizona Memorial (Hawaii) | |
| Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.) | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) |
| Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.) | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | First published 2013 by Left Coast Press, Inc. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Necessary Tensions; 1. Submerged Patriotism: Evolving Representation at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial Visitor Center; 2. Getting the Chinese on Board at the California State Railroad Museum; 3. The Day the Plaster Fell: Museological Change Comes to the Alamo; 4. Sex and Gender in the Lincoln Memorial: The Politics of Interpreting Lincoln's Legacy; 5. Patriotism Carved in Stone: Mt. Rushmore's Evolution as National Symbol; Conclusion: Necessary Changes; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Sommario/riassunto: | American nationalism, patriotism and citizenship are proudly on display at historical sites across America-but they are also contested and reshaped by visitors and their engagement with those places. In Exhibiting Patriotism, Bergman analyzes exhibits, interpretive materials, and orientation films at major US sites, from Mt. Rushmore and to the USS Arizona Memorial, where controversy has erupted over the stories they tell about the past. She shows how historic narratives are the result of dynamic relationships between institutions and the public, and how these relationships are changing i |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Exhibiting patriotism |
| ISBN: | 1-315-42872-5 |
| 1-315-42873-3 | |
| 1-61132-782-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910463205203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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