Williams, Paul.

Memorial museums the global rush to commemorate atrocities. - English ed. - 226 p. ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Very different proposition : introducing the memorial museum -- The surviving object : presence and absence in memorial museums -- Photographic memory : images from calamitous histories -- Rocks and hard places : location and spatiality in memorial museums -- Diplomatic assignment : the political fortunes of memorial museums -- The memorial museum identity complex : victimhood, culpability, and responsibility -- Looming disaster : memorial museums and the shaping of historic consciousness -- Fighting the forgetful future.

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Atrocities--Museums
Historical museums
Museum technique
Terrorism--Museums
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