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Museums, the media and refugees : stories of crisis, control and compassion /
Across countries and time, asylum-seekers and refugees have been represented in a variety of ways. In some representations they appear negatively, as dangers threatening to 'over-run' a country or region with 'floods' of incompatible strangers. In others, the same people are port...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Across countries and time, asylum-seekers and refugees have been represented in a variety of ways. In some representations they appear negatively, as dangers threatening to 'over-run' a country or region with 'floods' of incompatible strangers. In others, the same people are portrayed positively, with compassion, and pictured as desperately in need of assistance. How these competing perceptions are received has significant consequences for determining public policy, human rights, international agreements, and the realization of cultural diversity, and so it is imperative to understand how these images are perpetuated. To this end, this volume reflects on museum practice and the contexts, stories, and images of asylum seekers and refugees prevalent in our mass media. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (206 pages) : color illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-206). |
| ISBN: | 9781789204032 1789204038 |