Public Representations of Immigrants in Museums Exhibition and Exposure in France and Germany

This book offers an interactionist perspective on theories of public representation, knowledge and immigration in museum institutions. Examining how a Franco-German museum exhibition represents immigrants and exposes public stereotypes, the analysis follows the process of the production and receptio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Porsché, Yannik
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
Series:Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1: Introduction: Staging public representations in the Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, the Deutsches Historisches Museum, and the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum
  • 2: Museums, the public, and immigration
  • 3: Microsociological Contextualisation Analysis
  • 4: Epistemic production behind the museum scenes in France and Germany
  • 5: Public interactions on the museum stages
  • 6: Conclusion: Exhibiting immigrants-exposing the public