Mediating Memory in the Museum: Trauma, Empathy, Nostalgia

By Silke Arnold-de Simine and S. Arnold-de-Simine

Book Overview

Mediating Memory in the Museum is a contribution to an emerging field of research that is situated at the interface between memory studies and museum studies. It highlights the role of museums in the proliferation of the so-called memory boom as well as the influence of memory discourses on international trends in museum cultures.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349350117
• ISBN13: 9781349350117
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"