Displays of Power (First Printing) Memory and Amnesia in the American Museum

Dubin, Steven C.

ISBN 10: 0814718892 / ISBN 13: 9780814718896

Published by NYU Press, New York, NY, 1999

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6.25 X 0.98 X 9.31 inches; 290 pages; B&W illustrations. Light foxing on the exterior edges of textblock. Minor foxing speckles on spine. Minor shelf rubbing and fading on DJ. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Displays of Power (First Printing) Memory and Amnesia in the American Museum
• Publisher: NYU Press, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814718892
• ISBN 13: 9780814718896
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good+

About this title

Synopsis

A study of the American cultural wars taking place in controversial museum exhibitions

Museums have become ground zero in America's culture wars. Whereas fierce public debates once centered on provocative work by upstart artists, the scrutiny has now expanded to mainstream cultural institutions and the ideas they present. In Displays of Power, Steven Dubin, whose Arresting Images was deemed "masterly" by the New York Times, examines the most controversial exhibitions of the 1990s. These include shows about ethnicity, slavery, Freud, the Old West, and the dropping of the atomic bomb by the Enola Gay. This new edition also includes a preface by the author detailing the recent Sensation! controversy at the Brooklyn Museum. Displays of Power draws directly upon interviews with many key combatants: museum administrators, community activists, curators, and scholars. It authoritatively analyzes these episodes of America struggling to redefine itself in the late 20th century.

About the Author

Steven C. Dubin's most recent book, Arresting Images, was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year (1992). He is the Director of the Media, Society, and the Arts Program at the State University of New York, Purchase.