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Museums, the Media and Refugees: Stories of Crisis, Control and Compassion

Museums, the Media and Refugees: Stories of Crisis, Control and Compassion

Goodnow, Katherine
Lohman, Jack
Marfleet, Philip

Paperback

Series: Museums and Diversity, Book 3

General ArtImmigration & RefugeesSocial Movements

ISBN10: 1845455428
ISBN13: 9781845455422
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Mar 1 2008
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.70
Height: 0.50 Width: 8.40 Depth: 10.60
Language: English

Across countries and time, asylum-seekers and refugees have been represented in a variety of ways. In some representations they appear negatively, as dangers threatening to 'over-run' a country or a region with 'floods' of incompatible strangers. In others, the same people are portrayed positively, with compassion, and pictured as desperately in need of assistance. How these competing perceptions are received has significant consequences for determining public policy, human rights, international agreements, and the realization of cultural diversity, and so it is imperative to understand how these images are perpetuated. To this end, this volume reflects on museum practice and the contexts, stories, and images of asylum seekers and refugees prevalent in our mass media.

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