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Takes the reader on a journey from ethnological artifacts to kitsch. Posing the question, 'What does it mean to show?' this title explores the agency of display in a variety of settings: museums, festivals, world's fairs, historical re-creations, memorials, and tourist attractions.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

part 1 The Agency of Display

Objects of Ethnography

Exhibiting Jews

part 2 A Second Life as Heritage

Destination Museum

Ellis Island

Plimoth Plantation

part 3 Undoing the Ethnographic

Confusing Pleasures

Secrets of Encounter

part 4 Circulating Value

Disputing Taste

Notes

Index

Destination Culture

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    Publisher: University of California Press
    Publication Date: 05/09/1998
    ISBN13: 9780520209664, 978-0520209664
    ISBN10: 0520209664
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Takes the reader on a journey from ethnological artifacts to kitsch. Posing the question, 'What does it mean to show?' this title explores the agency of display in a variety of settings: museums, festivals, world's fairs, historical re-creations, memorials, and tourist attractions.

    Table of Contents

    List of Illustrations

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    part 1 The Agency of Display

    Objects of Ethnography

    Exhibiting Jews

    part 2 A Second Life as Heritage

    Destination Museum

    Ellis Island

    Plimoth Plantation

    part 3 Undoing the Ethnographic

    Confusing Pleasures

    Secrets of Encounter

    part 4 Circulating Value

    Disputing Taste

    Notes

    Index

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