Preserving Memory The Struggle to Create America's Holocaust Museum

Name: Preserving Memory The Struggle to Create America's Holocaust Museum
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ISBN: 9780231124072

ISBN-10: 0231124074

ISBN-13: 9780231124072

Edition: 2001

Authors: Edward Linenthal

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Since it's opening in 1993, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum has attracted more that 15 million visitors. This behind-the-scenes account details the emotionally complex 15-year struggle surrounding the museum's birth.

Book details

List price: $38.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 9/26/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.89" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Preface: Violence and the American Landscape


Acknowledgments


Introduction


Locating Holocaust Memory in American Culture





The Decision to Remember


Who Owns the Memory? The Politics of Representation: The President's Commission on the Holocaust


Who Owns the Memory? The Politics of Representation: The United States Holocaust Memorial Council


Summary Reflections: The Volatility of Holocaust Memory





The Site of Holocaust Memory


Building Holocaust Memory





Embryonic Thoughts: The Commission's Museum


Beginnings: 1980-87


The End of the Wiesel Era and Beyond


Jeshajahu "Shaike" Weinberg and the Changing Nature of the Permanent Exhibition





Interior Space: The Mood of Memory


Personalizing the Story: Faces and Artifacts


Enduring Issues: Shaping the Boundaries of Memory


The Boundaries of Horror


The Boundaries of Representation: The Perpetrators


The Boundaries of Representation: An Artifact Out of Place


The Boundaries of Interpretation: Contested Issues and the Voice of the Exhibition


The Boundaries of Inclusion: Armenians and Gypsies


The Center and the Periphery of Holocaust Memory


Endings: The Lure of Redemption


Conclusion


Mobilizing Holocaust Memory


Burdensome Memory


Treacherous Memory


Murderous Memory


Hopeful Memory


Notes


Index