Who Owns America's Past?: The Smithsonian and the Problem of History

Who Owns America's Past?: The Smithsonian and the Problem of History
ISBN-10
1421411008
ISBN-13
9781421411002
Category
Art
Pages
370
Language
English
Published
2013-10-22
Publisher
JHU Press
Author
Robert C. Post

Description

"From an insider's perspective, Robert C. Post ... offers insight into the politics of display and the interpretation of history. Never before has a book about the Smithsonian detailed the recent and dramatic shift from collection-driven shows, with artifacts meant to speak for themselves, to concept-driven exhibitions, in which objects aim to tell a story, displayed like illustrations in a book"--Dust jacket flap.

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