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Title:
Exhibiting patriotism : creating and contesting interpretations of American historic sites / Teresa Bergman.
Author:
Bergman, Teresa.
Publication Information:
Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2013.
Call Number:
E159 .B45 2013
Abstract:
In Exhibiting Patriotism, Bergman analyzes exhibits, interpretive materials, and orientation films at major U.S. sites. She shows how historic narratives are the result of dynamic relationships between institutions and the public, and how these relationships are changing in an era when museums are becoming more visitor-centered, seeing visitors as partners in historical interpretation.
ISBN:
9781598745962

9781598745979

9781611326796

9781611327823
Physical Description:
251 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Introduction : necessary tensions -- Submerged patriotism : evolving representation at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial Visitor Center -- The Chinese get on board at the California State Railroad Museum -- The day the plaster fell : museological change comes to the Alamo -- Sex and gender in the Lincoln Memorial : the politics of interpreting Lincoln's legacy -- Patriotism carved in stone : Mt. Rushmore's evolution as national symbol -- Conclusion.
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