{"product_id":"exhibiting-atrocity-memorial-museums-and-the-politics-of-past-violence-hardback-9780813592145","title":"Exhibiting Atrocity; Memorial Museums and the Politics of Past Violence (Hardback) 9780813592145","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eExhibiting Atrocity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMemorial Museums and the Politics of Past Violence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAmy Sodaro (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813592145\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 January 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e226 pages, 15 halftones\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"This intelligent and cogently-constructed narrative is a significant addition to the growing literature on public commemoration over the past fifty years.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Jay Winter (coeditor of War and Remembrance in the Twentieth Century) \u003cdiv\u003e\"This intelligent and cogently-constructed narrative is a significant addition to the growing literature on public commemoration over the past fifty years.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Jay Winter (coeditor of War and Remembrance in the Twentieth Century) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eExhibiting Atrocity\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious, significant study providing in-depth case studies of three memorial museums and how they attempt to narrate 'difficult history' and navigate the politics of memory. Accessible and wide-ranging, this interdisciplinary volume is an important, timely resource for students as well as specialists.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Joyce Apsel (author of Introducing Peace Museums) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eExhibiting Atrocity\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious, significant study providing in-depth case studies of three memorial museums and how they attempt to narrate 'difficult history' and navigate the politics of memory. Accessible and wide-ranging, this interdisciplinary volume is an important, timely resource for students as well as specialists.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Joyce Apsel (author of Introducing Peace Museums) \u003cdiv\u003e“An original and unique study…\u003ci\u003eExhibiting Atrocity: Memorial Museums and the Politics of Past Violence \u003c\/i\u003eis an especially and unreservedly recommended addition to both community and academic library Human Rights and Cultural History collections [and] Museum Studies supplemental reading lists.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e (Midwest Book Review) \u003cdiv\u003e“An original and unique study…\u003ci\u003eExhibiting Atrocity: Memorial Museums and the Politics of Past Violence \u003c\/i\u003eis an especially and unreservedly recommended addition to both community and academic library Human Rights and Cultural History collections [and] Museum Studies supplemental reading lists.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e (Midwest Book Review) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Sodaro examines how many communities, be they groups or countries, work through staggering events like 9\/11 by building museums to parse through them.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (SUM) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Sodaro examines how many communities, be they groups or countries, work through staggering events like 9\/11 by building museums to parse through them.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (SUM) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eExhibiting Atrocity\u003c\/i\u003e sets a precedent that will allow researchers and visitors to recognize these museums for the political projects that they really are – neither good nor bad but always potentially very dangerous. The greatest danger inherent in the ways in which memorial museums exhibit atrocity is that they routinely fail to expose the fragility, vulnerability and precariousness of political systems and norms. This leaves us vulnerable to manipulation, demagoguery, and the authoritarian personalities lying in wait.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (European Journal of Cultural and Political Socioloy) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eExhibiting Atrocity\u003c\/i\u003e sets a precedent that will allow researchers and visitors to recognize these museums for the political projects that they really are – neither good nor bad but always potentially very dangerous. The greatest danger inherent in the ways in which memorial museums exhibit atrocity is that they routinely fail to expose the fragility, vulnerability and precariousness of political systems and norms. This leaves us vulnerable to manipulation, demagoguery, and the authoritarian personalities lying in wait.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (European Journal of Cultural and Political Socioloy) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A welcome addition to a growing body of literature within memory studies that examines the global turn in using museums to commemorate past mass atrocities. This book demonstrates that there is much more research to be done and offers inquiring minds a useful starting point.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Memory Studies) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A welcome addition to a growing body of literature within memory studies that examines the global turn in using museums to commemorate past mass atrocities. This book demonstrates that there is much more research to be done and offers inquiring minds a useful starting point.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Memory Studies) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/newbooksnetwork.com\/exhibiting-atrocity\"'\u003eNew Books Network: New Books in Jewish Studies interview with Amy Sodaro\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (New Books Network: New Books in Jewish Studies) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/newbooksnetwork.com\/exhibiting-atrocity\"'\u003eNew Books Network: New Books in Jewish Studies interview with Amy Sodaro\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (New Books Network: New Books in Jewish Studies)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention, 2021 Outstanding First Book Award from the Memory Studies Association\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Today, nearly any group or nation with violence in its past has constructed or is planning a memorial museum as a mechanism for confronting past trauma, often together with truth commissions, trials, and\/or other symbolic or material reparations. \u003ci\u003eExhibiting Atrocity\u003c\/i\u003e documents the emergence of the memorial museum as a new cultural form of commemoration, and analyzes its use in efforts to come to terms with past political violence and to promote democracy and human rights. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Through a global comparative approach, Amy Sodaro uses in-depth case studies of five exemplary memorial museums that commemorate a range of violent pasts and allow for a chronological and global examination of the trend: the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC; the House of Terror in Budapest, Hungary; the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre in Rwanda; the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago, Chile; and the National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York. Together, these case studies illustrate the historical emergence and global spread of the memorial museum and show how this new cultural form of commemoration is intended to be used in contemporary societies around the world.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/d3tto5i5w9ogdd.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/17194153\/9780813592176.pdf\"'\u003eDownload open access ebook.\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction                         \u003cbr\u003e 1          Memorial Museums: The Emergence of a New Form                                                                   \u003cbr\u003e 2          The US Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Creation of a “\u003cbr\u003eLiving Memorial”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3          The House of Terror: “\u003cbr\u003eThe Only One of Its Kind”\u003cbr\u003e                                              \u003cbr\u003e 4          The Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre: Building a “\u003cbr\u003eLasting Peace”\u003cbr\u003e                                           \u003cbr\u003e 5          The Museum of Memory and Human Rights: “\u003cbr\u003eA Living Museum for Chile’\u003cbr\u003es Memory”\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cbr\u003e 6          The National September 11 Memorial Museum: “\u003cbr\u003eTo Bear Solemn Witness”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7          Memorial Museums: Promises and Limits                                                                                   \u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography                                                                                                                   \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52563723714840,"sku":"9780813592145","price":123.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/exhibiting-atrocity-memorial-museums-and-the-politics-of-past-violence-hardback-9780813592145","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}