The power of the object
Subtitle: museums and World War II
By: edited by Esben Kjeldbæk
Publisher: MuseumsEtc
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 423
ISBN-13: 9780956194343
Subjects: Collective memory; Museums; War memorials; World War, 1939-1945; Holocaust memorials; Memorialization
Other titles: Museums and World War II
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 400-420).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: What is the power of the object? / Esben Kjeldbæk; title: Interpreting the Second World War / James Taylor; title: The European forum of contemporary conflict / Anne Godfroid; title: The exhibition: between book and film / Hans Henrik Appel; title: The Breendonk memorial / Patrick Nefors; title: Challenges of a memorial / Henrik Skov Kristensen; title: The Jersey war tunnels / Christopher Addy; title: Showing rather than telling / Heiki Ahonen; title: Exhibiting Secrecy / Oliver Benjamin Hemmerle; title: Objects and the power of their stories / Marcel Wouters; title: The dilemma of exhibiting heroism / Clemens Maier-Wolthausen; title: Post-communist museums: terrorspaces and traumascapes / Lene Otto; title: How museums speak / Esben Kjeldbæk; title: About the authors; title: References; title: Also from MuseumEtc; title: Colophon.