{"product_id":"museum-rhetoric-m-elizabeth-weiser-9780271079035","title":"Museum Rhetoric: Building Civic Identity in National Spaces","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn today's diverse societies, museums are the primary institutions within the public sphere in which individuals can both engage critical thought and celebrate community. This volume uses the lens of rhetoric to explore the role these societal repositories play in establishing and altering cultural heritage and national identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on fieldwork conducted in over sixty museums in twenty-two countries across six continents, \u003ci\u003eMuseum Rhetoric\u003c\/i\u003e explores how heritage museum exhibits persuade visitors to unite their own sense of identity with that of the broader civic society and how the latter changes in response. Elizabeth Weiser examines what compels communities, organizations, and nations to create museum spaces, and how museums operate as sites of both civic engagement and rhetorical persuasion. Moving beyond rhetorical explorations of museums as \"memory sites,\" she shows how they intentionally straddle the divides between style and content, intellect and affect, and unity and diversity, and why their portrayal of the past matters to civic life--and particularly studies of nationalism--in the present and future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeeply researched and artfully argued, \u003ci\u003eMuseum Rhetoric\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on the public impact of cultural and aesthetic heritage and opens avenues of inquiry for scholars of museum studies and public history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M. Elizabeth Weiser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271079037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271079035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2018","brand":"M. Elizabeth Weiser","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47473779638527,"sku":"9780271079035","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_80d8129a-d455-491a-8b17-06dc0e0e577b.jpg?v=1762312893","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/museum-rhetoric-m-elizabeth-weiser-9780271079035","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}