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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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