Description
Book SynopsisThis exploration of museums as sites for representing and defining national identity encourages us to reconsider the idea of the multicultural nation.
Trade ReviewExhibiting Nation is an accessible book that contextualizes prominent Canadian institutions within the established study of museology, making it an academic contribution that has been long overdue. Its case study approach will be valuable to both curators and academics[...]
-- Cody Groat * The Canadian Historical Review *
Table of ContentsPreface: A Sense of Discomfort
Part 1: Introduction
1 Multicultural Nationalism and the Power of Metaphor
2 Museums, Discipline, and Dialogue
Part 2: Feast
3 The Limits of Unity in Diversity
4 The Royal BC Museum’s Modern History Galleries
Part 3: Spectacle
5 The Limits of Equality and Recognition
6 The Royal Alberta Museum’s Cultural Communities Program
Part 4: Border
7 The Limits of Universalism and Diversity
8 The Royal Ontario Museum’s World Cultures Galleries
Epilogue: Working with the Contradictions
Notes; Bibliography; Index
