The Home, Nations and Empires, and Ephemeral Exhibition Spaces
Author | : Dominique Bauer |
Publisher | : Amsterdam University Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2021-04-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789048542925 |
ISBN-13 | : 9048542928 |
Rating | : 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Home, Nations and Empires, and Ephemeral Exhibition Spaces written by Dominique Bauer and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores ephemeral exhibition spaces between 1750 and 1918. The chapters focus on two related spaces: the domestic interior and its imagery, and exhibitions and museums that display both national/imperial identity and the otherness that lurks beyond a country's borders. What is revealed is that the same tension operates in these private and public realms; namely, that between identification and self-projection, on the one hand, and alienation, otherness and objectification on the other. In uncovering this, the authors show that the self, the citizen/society and the other are realities that are constantly being asserted, defined and objectified. This takes place, they demonstrate, in a ceaseless dynamic of projection versus alienation, and intimacy versus distancing.