1st Edition
Belgian Museums of the Great War Politics, Memory, and Commerce
Chapter 1 Introduction: poppies
Chapter 2 What remains of the country: the war in Belgium
Chapter 3 Planning the centennial
Chapter 4 Site-specificity and the architecture of remembrance
Chapter 5 Historical or memorial site: the museum as ruin
Chapter 6 Immersion: trench and reenactment strategies
Chapter 7 Expression and document: art in the war museum
Chapter 8 The exhibition narrative: an object-centered practice
Chapter 9 Conclusion: tourism and remembrance
Biography
Karen Shelby is an Associate Professor of Art History at Baruch College, City University of New York. Her research focuses on the cultural politics of exhibition narratives, memorials, and cemetery design through examination of the visual culture of the Great War.
