Living history museums : undoing history through performance / Scott Magelssen

Object Details

Author

Magelssen, Scott 1974-

Contents

The dilemmas of contemporary living museum historiography in theory and practice -- The progressive development narrative of living museum history -- Progressive histories : major works -- The progressive development narrative in practice -- (In)authentic revolutions : time, space, and living history museums -- Plimoth Plantation -- Colonial Williamsburg -- Old Sturbridge Village -- Storytelling vs. scientific discourse --Toward a new genealogy of living museum performance -- A historiography of immanence -- Defining an episteme -- An emergence within a shifting field -- Capitalizing on the past- capitalizing on loss -- Social history and the trajectory of living museum performance -- The naturalistic ideal -- Living history as pleasure -- Performance as historiography at living history museums -- The historiography of performance -- The field -- Missed opportunities -- Alternatives to the naturalistic mode -- Post-tourists and living museum performance

2007

Type

Books

Physical description

xxviii, 207 p., [16] p. of plates : ill ; 23 cm

Place

United States

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Historical museums

Historic sites--Interpretive programs

Performing arts--Philosophy

Performing arts--Technique

Historical reenactments

Historical museums--Public relations

Public history

Record ID

siris_sil_822523

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0