An edition of Preserving memory (1995)

Preserving memory

the struggle to create America's Holocaust Museum

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An edition of Preserving memory (1995)

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the struggle to create America's Holocaust Museum

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Viking
Language
English
Pages
336

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Preserving memory: the struggle to create America's Holocaust Museum
2001, Columbia University Press
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Preserving memory: the struggle to create America's Holocaust Museum
1995, Viking
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Table of Contents

Preface : Violence and the American Landscape
Locating Holocaust Memory in American Culture
The Decision to Remember
Who Owns the Memory? : The Politics of Representation : The President's Commission on the Holocaust
Who Owns the Memory? : The Politics of Representation : The United States Holocaust Memorial Council
Summary Reflections : The Volatility of Holocaust Memory
The Site of Holocaust Memory
Building Holocaust Memory
Embryonic Thoughts : The Commission's Museum
Beginnings : 1980-87
The End of the Wiesel Era and Beyond
Jeshajahu "Shaike" Weinberg and the Changing Nature of the Permanent Exhibition
Interior Space : The Mood of Memory
Personalizing the Story : Faces and Artifacts
Enduring Issues : Shaping the Boundaries of Memory
The Boundaries of Horror
The Boundaries of Representation : The Perpetrators
The Boundaries of Representation : An Artifact Out of Place
The Boundaries of Interpretation : Contested Issues and the Voice of the Exhibition
The Boundaries of Inclusion : Armenians and Gypsies
The Center and the Periphery of Holocaust Memory
Endings : The Lure of Redemption
Mobilizing Holocaust Memory
Burdensome Memory
Treacherous Memory
Murderous Memory
Hopeful Memory

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-321) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
940.53/18
Library of Congress
D804.3 .L56 1995, D804.3.L56 1995

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xiv, 336 p.
Number of pages
336
Dimensions
24 x x centimeters

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Open Library
OL1098683M
Internet Archive
preservingmemory0000line
ISBN 10
0670860670
ISBN 13
9780670860678
LCCN
94023410
OCLC/WorldCat
31077121
Library Thing
263
Goodreads
1119928

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