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Staging the Past Themed Environments in Transcultural Perspectives Judith Schlehe, Michiko Uike-Bormann, Carolyn Oesterle, Wolfgang Hochbruck
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Historische Lebenswelten in populr̃en Wissenskulturen ; Bd. 2.
- Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen/History in Popular Cultures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Transculturalism.
- Theme Park.
- Living History.
- Performance.
- Memory Culture.
- Popular Culture.
- Cultural Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- History.
- Transculturalism.
- Theme Park.
- Living History.
- Performance.
- Memory Culture.
- Popular Culture.
- Cultural Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (275 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Schlehe et al. (eds.), Staging the Past Themed Environments in Transcultural Perspectives
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2014
- Language Note:
- English
- Biography/History:
- Judith Schlehe (Prof. Dr.) is head of the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Freiburg/Brsg., Germany.
- Michiko Uike-Bormann (Anthropology) is a member of a research group on History in Popular Cultures at the University of Freiburg (Germany).
- Carolyn Oesterle is a member of a research group on History in Popular Cultures at the University of Freiburg (Germany).
- Wolfgang Hochbruck (North American Studies) is a member of a research group on History in Popular Cultures at the University of Freiburg (Germany).
- Summary:
- Popular representations of history are taking on new forms and reaching wider audiences. The search for usable pasts is branching out into active appropriations of history such as historical theme parks, housing developments, and live-action role play. Drawing on themed environments across the continents, the articles in this volume focus on how these appropriations bypass, are different from, or even contradict traditional as well as scientific modes of disseminating historical knowledge. Bringing together theorists and practitioners, they provide the basis for an interdisciplinary as well as a transcultural theory of how pasts are staged in various social contexts.
- Contents:
- 1 Editorial 2 CONTENTS 5 Introduction: Staging the Past 7 The Presence of Pastness: Themed Environments and Beyond 23 "The Past, Foreign Countries and Fantasy ... They All Make for a Good Outing": Staging the Past in Japan and Some Other Locations 41 Staging the Past in Cultural Theme Parks: Representations of Self and Other in Asia and Europe 57 Imagineering Tailor-Made Pasts for Nation-Building and Tourism: A Comparative Perspective 93 Holy Land Protestant Themed Environments and the Spiritual Experience 111 From Themed Space to Lifespace 135 Themed Environments - Performative Spaces: Performing Visitors in North American Living History Museums 157 Staging the Past in the Revolutionary City: Colonial Williamsburg 177 "The New You": Best Practice in Historical Live Interpretation 199 History's Pure Serene: On Reenacting Cook's First Voyage, September 2001 205 "Little Families": The Social Fabric of Civil War Reenacting 219 Ventures into History 235 Playing Ethnology 253 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 269
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783839414811
- 3839414814
- OCLC:
- 900418163
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