Russia's Regional Museums : Representing and Misrepresenting Knowledge about Nature, History and Society

Cultural myths and common silences in (post) Soviet museums -- 'Ask anyone; it's just around the corner' : Krayevedcheskiy museums in the Russian city-scape -- A brief overview of the history of Russian regional museums -- 'Arctic tundra. Forest. Desert' : Constructing nature in krayevedcheskiy museums -- Nature-human relations in contemporary krayevedcheskiy museums -- 'From ancient times to the present day' : The construction of history -- Representations of the Great Terror : From denial to understanding? -- 'A northern man with a harpoon' : Representing a socialist society and creating 'others' -- Creating 'the other' in contemporary Russian krayevedcheskiy museums -- Creating (post-)Soviet taxonomies : Cultural myths and 'common unsaids.'

• | Author: Sofia Gavrilova
• | Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• | Publication Date: May 27, 2024
• | Number of Pages: NA pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1032207329
• | ISBN-13: 9781032207322