United States Holocaust Museums: Pathos, Possession, Patriotism
This article examines the role of United States holocaust museums in directing (American) knowledge and memory of World War II, and demonstrates how signifiers of race, colour and Jewishness are played out and theatricalised. Erected in two principal U.S. cities of Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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UTS ePRESS
2011-12-01
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Series: | Public History Review |
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Online Access: | http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/phrj/article/view/1016 |