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RSA Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric. Museum Rhetoric : Building Civic Identity in National Spaces / M. Elizabeth Weiser.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: RSA Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric ; 5Publisher: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (232 p.) : 19 illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780271080246
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 069 23
LOC classification:
  • AM7 . W39354 2017eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Th e Rhetorical Museum -- 2 The Story We Tell Ourselves -- 3 The Object of the Story -- 4 Identifying with the Museum -- 5 Identifying with the Nation -- 6 Alternative Identifi cations -- Conclusion: Th e Museum in the World -- Appendix: Museums Examined for Th is Study -- Notes -- References -- Index
Summary: In today’s diverse societies, museums are the primary institutions within the public sphere in which individuals can both engage critical thought and celebrate community. This volume uses the lens of rhetoric to explore the role these societal repositories play in establishing and altering cultural heritage and national identity.Based on fieldwork conducted in over sixty museums in twenty-two countries across six continents, Museum Rhetoric explores how heritage museum exhibits persuade visitors to unite their own sense of identity with that of the broader civic society and how the latter changes in response. Elizabeth Weiser examines what compels communities, organizations, and nations to create museum spaces, and how museums operate as sites of both civic engagement and rhetorical persuasion. Moving beyond rhetorical explorations of museums as “memory sites,” she shows how they intentionally straddle the divides between style and content, intellect and affect, and unity and diversity, and why their portrayal of the past matters to civic life—and particularly studies of nationalism—in the present and future.Deeply researched and artfully argued, Museum Rhetoric sheds light on the public impact of cultural and aesthetic heritage and opens avenues of inquiry for scholars of museum studies and public history.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Th e Rhetorical Museum -- 2 The Story We Tell Ourselves -- 3 The Object of the Story -- 4 Identifying with the Museum -- 5 Identifying with the Nation -- 6 Alternative Identifi cations -- Conclusion: Th e Museum in the World -- Appendix: Museums Examined for Th is Study -- Notes -- References -- Index

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In today’s diverse societies, museums are the primary institutions within the public sphere in which individuals can both engage critical thought and celebrate community. This volume uses the lens of rhetoric to explore the role these societal repositories play in establishing and altering cultural heritage and national identity.Based on fieldwork conducted in over sixty museums in twenty-two countries across six continents, Museum Rhetoric explores how heritage museum exhibits persuade visitors to unite their own sense of identity with that of the broader civic society and how the latter changes in response. Elizabeth Weiser examines what compels communities, organizations, and nations to create museum spaces, and how museums operate as sites of both civic engagement and rhetorical persuasion. Moving beyond rhetorical explorations of museums as “memory sites,” she shows how they intentionally straddle the divides between style and content, intellect and affect, and unity and diversity, and why their portrayal of the past matters to civic life—and particularly studies of nationalism—in the present and future.Deeply researched and artfully argued, Museum Rhetoric sheds light on the public impact of cultural and aesthetic heritage and opens avenues of inquiry for scholars of museum studies and public history.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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