Family ties : living history in Canadian house museums /

House museums act as both sources and suppliers of history. Functioning first as private residences, they are then preserved as commemorative monuments and become living history museums offering theme-based tours led by period-costumed interpreters so that visitors might experience "what it fel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Terry, Andrea, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015.
Colección:McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation studies in art history.
Temas:
Dundurn Castle (Hamilton, Ont.)
Mackenzie House (Toronto, Ont.)
1800-1899
Historic house museums > Canada > Case studies.
Historic buildings > Canada > Case studies.
Dwellings > Canada > History > 19th century.
Material culture > Canada > History > 19th century.
Maisons historiques (Musées) > Canada > Études de cas.
Habitations > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Culture matérielle > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Dwellings.
Historic buildings.
Historic house museums.
Manners and customs.
Material culture.
Historische Stätte.
Museum.
Haus.
Living History.
Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site (Montréal, Québec)
Canada > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Lieu historique national de Sir-George-Étienne-Cartier (Montréal, Québec)
Canada > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Canada.
Québec > Montréal > Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:House museums act as both sources and suppliers of history. Functioning first as private residences, they are then preserved as commemorative monuments and become living history museums offering theme-based tours led by period-costumed interpreters so that visitors might experience "what it felt like to live back then." In Family Ties, Andrea Terry considers the appeal and relevance of domesticated representations of Victorian material culture in a contemporary multicultural context. Through three case studies, Terry examines Victorian homes that have been repurposed as living history museums that host speculative performances of the past. The credibility of Dundurn Castle in Hamilton, William Lyon Mackenzie House in Toronto, and the Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site of Canada in Montreal, Terry argues, relies on the belief that architectural monuments and the objects they contain are evidence of the time, culture, nation, or people that produced them. Family Ties connects residential artifacts to performance by examining the Victorian Christmas programs offered annually at each site to demonstrate the complex nuances of living history. Through a detailed exploration of the relationship between heritage, living history, and memory, Family Ties illuminates the effects of institutional interpretations of the past that privilege nationalist myths.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780773584129
0773584129
9780773545625
077354562X
9780773545618
0773545611

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