While scholars recognize both museums and films as sites where historical knowledge and cultural memory are created; the convergence between their methods of constructing the past has only recently been acknowledged. The essays in Exhibiting the German Past examine a range of films; museums; and experiences which blend the two; considering how authentic objects and cinematic techniques are increasingly used in similar ways by both visual media and museums.This is the first collection to focus on the museumndash;film connection in German-language culture and the first to approach the issue using the concept of ldquo;musealization;rdquo; a process that; because it engages the cultural destruction wrought by modernization; offers new means of constructing historical knowledge and shaping collective memory within and beyond the museumrsquo;s walls. Featuring a wide range of valuable case studies; Exhibiting the German Past offers a unique perspective on the developing relationship between museums and visual media.
#2014239 in eBooks 2015-09-16 2015-09-16File Name: B015G1V63C
Review
