Desegregating the Past - The Public Life of Memory in the United States and South Africa

Robyn Autry recounts the public and private battles fought over the creation and content of history museums. Despite vast differences in the development of South African and U.S. society, Autry finds a common set of ideological, political, economic, and institutional dilemmas arising out of the selective reconstruction of the past.

Summary

Robyn Autry recounts the public and private battles fought over the creation and content of history museums. Despite vast differences in the development of South African and U.S. society, Autry finds a common set of ideological, political, economic, and institutional dilemmas arising out of the selective reconstruction of the past.

Product details

• Authors: Robyn Autry, Robyn (Assistant Professor Autry, Robyn K. Autry, Autry Robyn
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9780231177580
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17758-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; USA, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, ART / Museum Studies, Republic of South Africa, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies