Exhibiting war : the Great War, museums and memory in Britain, Canada, and Australia /

"What does it mean to display war? Examining a range of different exhibitions in Britain, Canada, and Australia, Jennifer Wellington reveals complex imperial dynamics in the ways these countries developed diverging understandings of the First World War, despite their cultural, political, and in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wellington, Jennifer (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Colección:Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare.
Temas:
1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 > Great Britain > Art and the war.
World War, 1914-1918 > Canada > Art and the war.
World War, 1914-1918 > Australia > Art and the war.
World War, 1914-1918 > Museums.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Musées.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Museums
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
works of art.
Art
Art.
Œuvres d'art.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • In search of the "authentic" experience of war, 1914-1917
  • Exhibiting for victory: travelling war photography displays, 1917-1920
  • Art exhibitions: a higher truth in aid of victory and for posterity
  • Taming the monsters of war: exhibiting weapons and war trophies 1917-1920
  • Consolidations: creating national museums and narratives of war, 1920-1935
  • Museums, monuments, and memory: exhibiting war as part of national and imperial commemorative projects since 1925.

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