The witness as object: video testimonies in memorial museums

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In recent years, historical witnessing has emerged as a category of "museum object." Audiovisual recordings of interviews with individuals remembering events of historical importance are now integral to the collections and research activities of museums. They have also become important components in narrative and exhibition design strategies. With a focus on Holocaust museums, this study scrutinizes for the first time the new global phenomenon of the "musealization" of the witness to history, e…

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Full title :The witness as object : video testimonies in memorial museums / Steffi de Jong.

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Publication Date:©2018

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Publisher(s):Berghahn Books
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2018

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Description:ix, 271 pages ; : 24 cm.

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ISBN:9781785336430, 1785336436
oclc:on1008771414
LC Classification:D16.18
Dewey Decimal:940.53/18075

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Collective memory Exhibition catalogs Histoire -- Expositions. -- Musées Histoire orale Histoires orales Historical museums Historical museums -- Exhibitions Historiography Holocaust survivors -- Interviews Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Histor… Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Museums Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Person… Holocauste, 1939-1945 -- Historiographie Holocauste, 1939-1945 -- Récits personn… Interview interviews Mémoire collective Oral histories oral histories (literary works) Oral history