Working–class heritage and the marketization of difference – the limits of new museology at Manhattan's Tenement Museum.
Working-class history museums face immense challenges in trying to reconcile being socially progressive and class-oriented while also maintaining relevance and success in gentrifying areas. Museums are embedded within political economic structures of power, and thus face considerable limitations in...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Heritage Studies Vol. 27; no. 10; pp. 1051 - 1064 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct2021
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