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Contested Histories in Public Space: Memory, Race, and Nation
Daniel Walkowitz
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Description for Contested Histories in Public Space: Memory, Race, and Nation
Hardback. Historians, anthropologists, and other scholars explore the public presentation of contested historical narratives in museums, monuments, texts, and festivals around the world. Editor(s): Walkowitz, Daniel J.; Knauer, Lisa Maya. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 376 pages, 65 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: AM; HBAH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Contested Histories in Public Space brings multiple perspectives to bear on historical narratives presented to the public in museums, monuments, texts, and festivals around the world, from Paris to Kathmandu, from the Mexican state of Oaxaca to the waterfront of Wellington, New Zealand. Paying particular attention to how race and empire are implicated in the creation and display of...
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Series
Radical Perspectives
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822342175
SKU
V9780822342175
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About Daniel Walkowitz
Daniel J. Walkowitz is Professor of History, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, and Director of Experiential Education at New York University. Lisa Maya Knauer is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and African and African American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. They are editors of Memory and the Impact of Political Transformation in Public Space, also published by Duke...
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“[T]his is an intellectually stimulating volume with great applicability for many new and future venues for analysis.” - Hong-Ming Liang, Journal of Intercultural Studies “Public historians-whether academics or practitioners-will find much of value within the pages of Contested Histories. . . . Walkowitz and Knauer have compiled a rich and instructive collection of essays that, together, demonstrate the ‘international and...
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