Living history museums : undoing history through performance

Title
  1. Living history museums : undoing history through performance / Scott Magelssen.
Published by
  1. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2007.
Author
  1. Magelssen, Scott, 1974-

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Description
  1. xxviii, 207 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  1. Performing arts > United States > Philosophy
  2. Public history > United States
  3. Historical reenactments > United States
  4. Performing arts > United States > Technique
  5. Historical museums > Public relations > United States
  6. Historical museums > United States
  7. Historic sites > Interpretive programs > United States
Contents
  1. The dilemmas of contemporary living museum historiography in theory and practice -- The progressive development narrative of living museum history -- Progressive histories : major works -- The progressive development narrative in practice -- (In)authentic revolutions : time, space, and living history museums -- Plimoth Plantation -- Colonial Williamsburg -- Old Sturbridge Village -- Storytelling vs. scientific discourse --Toward a new genealogy of living museum performance -- A historiography of immanence -- Defining an episteme -- An emergence within a shifting field -- Capitalizing on the past- capitalizing on loss -- Social history and the trajectory of living museum performance -- The naturalistic ideal -- Living history as pleasure -- Performance as historiography at living history museums -- The historiography of performance -- The field -- Missed opportunities -- Alternatives to the naturalistic mode -- Post-tourists and living museum performance.
Call number
  1. IAG 07-2765
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-197) and index.
Author
  1. Magelssen, Scott, 1974-
Title
  1. Living history museums : undoing history through performance / Scott Magelssen.
Imprint
  1. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2007.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-197) and index.
Connect to:
  1. Table of contents only
LCCN
  1. 2006029941
Other standard identifier
  1. 9780810858657
ISBN
  1. 0810858657 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  2. 9780810858657 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. IAG 07-2765
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