The Second World War in the Twenty-First-Century Museum
dc.contributor.author | Jaeger, Stephan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-07T15:48:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-05-07T15:48:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier | Book_9783110664416_20200507_15 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1613-8961 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46047 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Second World War is omnipresent in contemporary memory debates. As the war fades from living memory, this study is the first to systematically analyze how Second World War museums allow prototypical visitors to comprehend and experience the past. It analyzes twelve permanent exhibitions in Europe and North America – including the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden, the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk, the House of European History in Brussels, the Imperial War Museums in London and Manchester, and the National WWII Museum in New Orleans – in order to show how museums reflect and shape cultural memory, as well as their cognitive, ethical, emotional, and aesthetic potential and effects. This includes a discussion of representations of events such as the Holocaust and air warfare. In relation to narrative, memory, and experience, the study develops the concept of experientiality (on a sliding scale between mimetic and structural forms), which provides a new textual-spatial method for reading exhibitions and understanding the experiences of historical individuals and collectives. It is supplemented by concepts like transnational memory, empathy, and encouraging critical thinking through difficult knowledge. | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Media and Cultural Memory / Medien und kulturelle Erinnerung | |
dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general | en_US |
dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GL Library and information sciences / Museology::GLZ Museology and heritage studies | en_US |
dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history::NHWR Specific wars and campaigns::NHWR7 Second World War | en_US |
dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history::NHWL Modern warfare | en_US |
dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999::3MPB Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950::3MPBL c 1940 to c 1949::3MPBLB c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period) | en_US |
dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies | en_US |
dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMR Cognition and cognitive psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Transnational Memory | |
dc.subject.other | Second World War Memory | |
dc.subject.other | Second World War Museum | |
dc.subject.other | Holocaust Representation | |
dc.title | The Second World War in the Twenty-First-Century Museum | |
dc.type | book | |
oapen.identifier.doi | 10.1515/9783110664416 | |
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy | 2b386f62-fc18-4108-bcf1-ade3ed4cf2f3 | |
oapen.relation.isFundedBy | b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 | |
oapen.relation.isbn | 9783110664416 | |
oapen.collection | Knowledge Unlatched (KU) | |
oapen.imprint | De Gruyter | |
oapen.series.number | 26 | |
oapen.pages | 354 | |
oapen.place.publication | Berlin/Boston | |
oapen.identifier | https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/15949874-0e6f-48fb-b523-a3d9875fdfc3 | |
oapen.identifier.isbn | 9783110664416 |