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Consequential museum spaces : representing African American history and culture

Title
Consequential museum spaces : representing African American history and culture / Bettina Messias Carbonell.
Author
Carbonell, Bettina Messias
Publication
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]

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Description
x, 211 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm
Summary
"Consequential Museum Spaces offers a comparative analysis of regional African American museums. Bettina Messias Carbonell examines buildings, exhibitions, major themes, and relationships with the public in the context of contemporary issues involving memory and history, corrective history, intergenerational trauma, human rights, and historical consciousness"--
Alternative Title
Representing African American history and culture
Subject
  • African Americans > Museums
  • African Americans > Exhibitions
  • Museums and minorities > United States
  • Slavery in museum exhibits > United States
  • Collective memory > United States
  • Collective memory
  • Museums and minorities
  • Slavery in museum exhibits
  • African Americans
  • Museums
  • United States
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Figure / Ground Relationships -- Frames -- Contributions to the Region and the Nation -- Cultural Achievements : The Art Exhibition as a Rhetorical Space -- Representing Difficult History in an Activist Present -- Publics.
Call Number
Sc E 23-636
ISBN
  • 9781666919547
  • 1666919543
  • 9781666919554 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2022049996
OCLC
1348497892
Author
Carbonell, Bettina Messias, author.
Title
Consequential museum spaces : representing African American history and culture / Bettina Messias Carbonell.
Publisher
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 23-636
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