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- catalog abstract "In the past, museums glorified wealth and validated authority. But today, pressure groups frequently mobilize either to force their own perspective upon museum walls, or to prevent opposing opinions from being expressed. Exhibition controversies are similar to "tagged genes": They are markers for critical conditions, but not the cause of them. In Displays of Power, Steven C. Dubin examines the most controversial exhibitions of the 1990s. These include shows about ethnicity, slavery, Freud, the Old West, and the dropping of the atomic bomb by the Enola Gay. Some of these exhibitions challenged standard narratives, while others were faulted for failing to do so. Drawing directly upon interviews with many key combatants: museum administrators, community activists, curators, and scholars, Displays of Power authoritatively analyzes these episodes of America struggling to redefine itself in the late twentieth century.".
- catalog contributor b11125642.
- catalog coverage "United States Cultural policy.".
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description "Drawing directly upon interviews with many key combatants: museum administrators, community activists, curators, and scholars, Displays of Power authoritatively analyzes these episodes of America struggling to redefine itself in the late twentieth century.".
- catalog description "In the past, museums glorified wealth and validated authority. But today, pressure groups frequently mobilize either to force their own perspective upon museum walls, or to prevent opposing opinions from being expressed. Exhibition controversies are similar to "tagged genes": They are markers for critical conditions, but not the cause of them. In Displays of Power, Steven C. Dubin examines the most controversial exhibitions of the 1990s. These include shows about ethnicity, slavery, Freud, the Old West, and the dropping of the atomic bomb by the Enola Gay. Some of these exhibitions challenged standard narratives, while others were faulted for failing to do so.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-282) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: museums as contested sites -- Crossing 125th Street: Harlem on my mind revisited -- "The troubles" in the New World: the uncivil war over Gaelic Gotham -- War of the words: psychoanalysis and its discontents -- A matter of perspective: revisionist history and The West as America -- Battle royal: the final mission of the Enola Gay -- The postmodern exhibition: cut on the bias, or is Enola Gay a verb?".
- catalog extent "xiv, 290 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0814718892 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : New York University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States Cultural policy.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "069/.5 21".
- catalog subject "AM151 .D84 1999".
- catalog subject "Culture conflict United States.".
- catalog subject "Museum exhibits Political aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Museum techniques United States.".
- catalog subject "Political correctness.".
- catalog subject "Popular culture Political aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: museums as contested sites -- Crossing 125th Street: Harlem on my mind revisited -- "The troubles" in the New World: the uncivil war over Gaelic Gotham -- War of the words: psychoanalysis and its discontents -- A matter of perspective: revisionist history and The West as America -- Battle royal: the final mission of the Enola Gay -- The postmodern exhibition: cut on the bias, or is Enola Gay a verb?".
- catalog title "Displays of power : memory and amnesia in the American museum / Steven C. Dubin.".
- catalog type "text".