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Exhibiting patriotism : creating and contesting interpretations of American historic sites / / Teresa Bergman



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Autore: Bergman Teresa Visualizza persona
Titolo: Exhibiting patriotism : creating and contesting interpretations of American historic sites / / Teresa Bergman Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
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
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