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Commemoration, memory and the process of display :

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Commemoration, memory and the process of display :

[Thesis]

Wallis, James

negotiating the Imperial War Museum's First World War exhibitions, 1964-2014

Harvey, David ; Thomas, Nicola

University of Exeter

2015

Ph.D.

University of Exeter

2015

This thesis explores the key permanent and temporary First World War exhibitions held at the Imperial War Museum in London over a fifty year period. In so doing, it examines the theoretical, political and intellectual considerations that inform exhibition-making. It thus illuminates the possibilities, challenges and difficulties, of displaying the 'War to End All Wars'. Furthermore, by situating these displays within their respective social, economic and cultural contexts, this produces a critical analysis of past and present practices of display. A study of these public presentations of the First World War enables discussion of the Museum's primary agendas, and its role as a national public institution. In considering this with the broader effect of generational shifts and the ever-changing impact of the War's cultural memory on this institution, the thesis investigates how the Imperial War Museum has consistently reinvented itself to produce engaging portrayals of the conflict for changing audiences.

Commemoration

Exhibition Space

First World War

Process and Politics of Display

Wallis, James

Thomas, Nicola

Harvey, David

University of Exeter

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[Thesis]

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