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Routledge - Places of Pain and Shame: Difficult Heritage Book

Name: Routledge - Places of Pain and Shame: Difficult Heritage Book
Brand: Routledge
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Explore the complex realities of historical memory with Places of Pain and Shame. This Routledge publication provides a cross-cultural study of sites that represent painful or shameful episodes within national and local histories. It examines how government agencies, heritage professionals, and local communities approach the act of remembering, commemorating, and conserving these sensitive locations. This book looks at the difficult decisions societies make when facing their past, including whether to preserve certain sites or choose to forget them. The text covers a wide range of significant locations, such as massacre and genocide sites, prisoner of war camps, and civil or political prisons. It also addresses places of benevolent internment, including leper colonies and lunatic asylums. For students, researchers, and professionals in the museum and heritage sectors, this work offers a deep look into how sites of shame are managed and interpreted in the modern world.

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Provides a cross-cultural study of sites representing painful or shameful historical episodes in local and national communities.

Examines the different ways government agencies and heritage professionals manage the conservation and commemoration of sensitive sites.

Analyzes the decision-making processes behind why communities choose to remember certain historical locations or choose to forget them.

Covers diverse site types including massacre and genocide locations, prisoner of war sites, and political prisons.

Includes research on places of benevolent internment such as lunatic asylums and leper colonies.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0415454492
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Exhibition & Collection Catalogs > Museums
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 04 December 2008
Listed Since: 10 January 2008

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