Narratives of Vulnerability in Museums: American Interpretations of the Great Depression

ISBN-13: 9781138604117 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 170 str.

Meighen Katz

Opis

A study of the challenges museums face when they present narratives of instability, uncertainty and fear in their exhibitions. Analysing a range of case studies, the book explores both the successes and obstacles involved in translating historical narratives of vulnerability to the exhibition floor.

O autorze

Meighen Katz has lectured at the University of Melbourne, the Australian Catholic University, and Deakin University; she contributed to exhibitions at Museum Victoria; and she was the 2016 Grimwade Curator at the Ian Potter Museum of Art. She holds a PhD from Monash University and is a founding partner of Present Past Consulting Historians.