Living history museums : undoing history through performance

Scott Magelssen

Living history museums are cultural institutions that merge historical exhibits with live costumed performance. While unique and vitally important, they often compromise historical accuracy and authenticity for the sake of tourism and entertainment value. Many also pursue methods of performance and historiography that are becoming increasingly outdated. Living History Museums: Undoing History Through Performance examines the performance practices used by institutions such as Plimoth Plantation and Colonial Williamsburg, and offers a new genealogy of living history museum performance in the U.S. and Europe. Currently, existing scholarship on living history museums addresses the subject from a museum-studies or anthropology perspective. Author Scott Magelssen, however, approaches the material from a background in theatre history and theory, analyzing living history museums using postmodern methodology. Considering performance as a method for the study of history and exploring emergent non-traditional theatrical practices, the book offers suggestions for performance in an increasingly postmodern landscape. Concluding with an international listing of living history institutions and a complete list of sources, Living History Museums is a valuable resource for students and teachers of theatre and performance studies, cultural studies, folklore, popular culture, American studies, and museum studies.

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  • Part 1 Acknowledgments Part 2 Introduction Part 3 Chapter 1 The Dilemmas of Contemporary Living History Museum Historiography in Theory and Practice Chapter 4 The Progressive Development Narrative of Living History Museum History Chapter 5 Progressive Histories: Major Works Chapter 6 The Progressive Development Narrative in Practice Chapter 7 (In)authentic Revolutions: Time, Space, and Living History Museums Chapter 8 Plimoth Plantation Chapter 9 Colonial WIlliamsburg Chapter 10 Old Sturbridge Village Chapter 11 Storytelling vs. Scientific Discourse Part 12 Chapter 2 Toward a New Genealogy of Living History Museum Performance Chapter 13 A Historiography of Immanence Chapter 14 Defining the Episteme Chapter 15 An Emergence within a Shifting Field Chapter 16 Capitalizing on the Past-Capitalizing on Loss Chapter 17 Social History and the Trajectory of Living Museum Performance Chapter 18 The Naturalistic Ideal Chapter 19 Living History as Pleasure Part 20 Chapter 3 Performace as Historiography at Living History Museums Chapter 21 The Historiography of Performance Chapter 22 The Field Chapter 23 Missed Opportunities Chapter 24 Alternatives to the Naturalistic Mode Chapter 25 Post-Tourists and Living History Performace Part 26 Conclusion Part 27 Appendix: Selected Living History Programming Sites Part 28 Bibliography Part 29 Index Part 30 About the Author

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書名 Living history museums : undoing history through performance
著作者等 Magelssen Scott
出版元 Scarecrow Press
刊行年月 2007
ページ数 xxviii, 207 p., [16] p. of plates
大きさ 23 cm
ISBN 9780810858657
NCID BB00067738
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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