TY  - BOOK
AU  - Posocco,Lorenzo
TI  - MUSEUMS AND NATIONALISM IN CROATIA, HUNGARY, AND TURKEY
SN  - 9781003053033
AV  - AM7 
U1  - 069 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - [Place of publication not identified]
PB  - ROUTLEDGE
KW  - Museums
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Hungary
KW  - Croatia
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Nationalism
KW  - bisacsh
N2  - Museums and Nationalism in Croatia, Hungary, and Turkey draws attention to museums as political productions of the nation-state and shows how they can be shaped by the political forces that rule a country. Drawing on case studies and interviews from Croatia, Hungary, and Turkey, the book investigates how the past has been exploited to serve the interests of nationalism in the twenty-first century, and how museums themselves are exploited to serve nationalist ideologies. Arguing that museums have become the cultural offshoots of political wars, Posocco demonstrates that they are now places where the national past is contested, rewritten, sometimes even created from scratch, and finally exhibited. Paying particular attention to the decision-making and economic aspects of the museum, the book also examines the micro-sociological and political aspects, which will be the foundation for further reflections on the macro dynamics of museum-making in other countries and contexts Museums and Nationalism in Croatia, Hungary, and Turkey provides rare and interesting insights into how museums materialise culture in the service of nationalism. The book will be of interest to those engaged in the study of museums, heritage, nationalism, memory and politics, as a result
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003053033
UR  - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
ER  -