Language:
English
Year of publication:
1995
Titel der Quelle:
British Journal of Sociology
Angaben zur Quelle:
46,1 (1995) 1-19
Keywords:
Simon Wiesenthal Center
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Museums
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Museums
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
Abstract:
Discusses the psychological and emotional effects of use of television formats at the Los Angeles Museum of Tolerance, which includes a Beit Hashoah section based mostly on complex communication technology. The history of the Holocaust is presented in a docudrama format, the line between facts and fantasy being dissolved. The emphasis on emotion, spectacle, and "creeping surrealism" provokes neglect of the historical dimension and produces a trivialization of the Holocaust. Concludes that, as a whole, the Museum exhibition communicates a partial and faulty theory of the Holocaust: i.e. that prejudiced, intolerant people bear responsibility. The television format excludes information that fosters understanding of how society works. As such, it can only offer a "disarming" message.
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