Displays Of Power (with A New Afterword): Controversy In The American Museum From The Enola Gay To Sensation!
by Steven C. Dubin /
2001 / English / PDF
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Museums have become ground zero in America's culture wars.
Whereas fierce public debates once centered on provocative work
by upstart artists, the scrutiny has now expanded to mainstream
cultural institutions and the ideas they present. In
Museums have become ground zero in America's culture wars.
Whereas fierce public debates once centered on provocative work
by upstart artists, the scrutiny has now expanded to mainstream
cultural institutions and the ideas they present. InDisplays
of Power
Displays
of Power, Steven Dubin, whose
, Steven Dubin, whoseArresting Images
Arresting Images was
deemed "masterly" by the
was
deemed "masterly" by theNew York Times
New York Times, examines the most
controversial exhibitions of the 1990s. These include shows about
ethnicity, slavery, Freud, the Old West, and the dropping of the
atomic bomb by the Enola Gay. This new edition also includes a
preface by the author detailing the recent Sensation! controversy
at the Brooklyn Museum.
, examines the most
controversial exhibitions of the 1990s. These include shows about
ethnicity, slavery, Freud, the Old West, and the dropping of the
atomic bomb by the Enola Gay. This new edition also includes a
preface by the author detailing the recent Sensation! controversy
at the Brooklyn Museum.Displays of Power
Displays of Power draws directly
upon interviews with many key combatants: museum administrators,
community activists, curators, and scholars. It authoritatively
analyzes these episodes of America struggling to redefine itself
in the late 20th century.
draws directly
upon interviews with many key combatants: museum administrators,
community activists, curators, and scholars. It authoritatively
analyzes these episodes of America struggling to redefine itself
in the late 20th century.