Memorial Museums - The Global Rush to Commemorate Atrocities (Hardcover, English)

The past 25 years has seen an extraordinary boom in a new kind of cultural complex: the memorial museum. These seek to research, represent, commemorate and teach on the subject of dreadful, violent histories. With World War and Holocaust memorials as precursors, the kinds of events now recognized include genocide in Armenia, Cambodia, Rwanda and the Balkans, state repression in Eastern Europe, apartheid in South Africa, terrorism in the United States, political "disappearances" in Chile and Argentina, massacres in China and Taiwan, and more. This book is the first of its kind to "map" these new institutions and cultural spaces, which, although varying widely in size, style and political situation, are nonetheless united in their desire to promote peace, tolerance and the avoidance of future violence. Moving across nations and contexts, Memorial Museums critically analyzes the tactics of these institutions and gauges their wider public significance.

General

Imprint:	Berg Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2007
First published:	February 2008
Authors:	Paul Williams
Dimensions:	244 x 172 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
Edition:	English
ISBN-13:	978-1-84520-488-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Museums & museology Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Architectural structure & design Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	1-84520-488-3
Barcode:	9781845204884

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