Cruise Ships and Prison Camps: Reflections from the Russian Far East on Museums and the Crafting of History

Date

2001-10

Contributor

Advisor

Department

Instructor

Depositor

Speaker

Researcher

Consultant

Interviewer

Narrator

Transcriber

Annotator

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

University of Hawai'i Press

Volume

Number/Issue

Starting Page

Ending Page

Alternative Title

Abstract

In formerly socialist societies the state has dominated sites like museums viewed as critical for producing a national past, but in the case of the Russian Federation these same institutions often are being utilized now to critically examine the past. For many in the emerging market economy of the Russian Federation, formerly state-dominated sites like museums have become important economic resources as well as new sites for representing shifting concepts of history. In this article I examine the museum as an artifact of socialist and post socialist society and consider how distinct political economies shape the ways in which cultural practices, as well as national and local histories, are depicted.

Description

Keywords

Citation

Bloch A. 2001. Cruise ships and prison camps: reflections from the Russian Far East on museums and the crafting of history. Pac Sci 55(4): 377-387.

Extent

Format

Geographic Location

Time Period

Related To

Related To (URI)

Table of Contents

Rights

Rights Holder

Local Contexts

Email libraryada-l@lists.hawaii.edu if you need this content in ADA-compliant format.