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    Tear gas epiphanies : protest, culture, museums / Kirsty Robertson.

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    • Title:Tear gas epiphanies : protest, culture, museums / Kirsty Robertson.
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    • Author/Creator:Robertson, Kirsty, 1976- author.
    • Published/Created:Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2019]
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Museums--Political aspects--Canada--History--20th century.
      Museums--Political aspects--Canada--History--21st century.
    • Description:xix, 411 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm
    • Series:McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation studies in art history.
    • Summary:"Museums are frequently sites of struggle and negotiation. They are key cultural institutions that occupy an oftentimes uncomfortable place at the crossroads of the arts, culture, various levels of government, corporate ventures, and the public. Because of this, museums are be targeted by political action but can also provide support for contentious politics. Though protests at museums are understudied, they are far from anomalous. Tear Gas Epiphanies traces the as-yet-untold story of political action at museums in Canada from the early twentieth century to the present. The book looks at how museums do or do not archive protest ephemera, examining a range of responses to actions taking place at their thresholds, from active encouragement to belligerent dismissal. Drawing together extensive primary-source research and analysis, Robertson questions widespread perceptions of museums, strongly arguing for a reconsideration of their role in contemporary society that takes into account political conflict and protest as key ingredients in museum life. The sheer number of protest actions Robertson uncovers is compelling. Ambitious and wide-ranging, Tear Gas Epiphanies provides a thorough and conscientious survey of key points of intersection between museums and protest--a valuable resource for university students and scholars, as well as arts professionals working at and with museums."-- Provided by publisher.
    • Additional formats:Issued also in electronic format.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-387) and index.
    • ISBN:0773557016
      9780773557017 (softcover)
      9780773557000 (hardcover)
      0773557008 (hardcover)
      9780773558298 (ePDF)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Museums, Protest, and Cities
      1a Of Directors, Museums, and National Identity
      pt. 1 Context
      2. Protest at the Threshold: A Short History of Contentious Politics at Canadian Museums, 1900-96
      1b The UBC Museum of Anthropology as Model
      3. Crossing the Threshold: Counter-Histories, Museum Exteriors, Interiors, and Archives
      3c "She walked in and removed her work from the wall": Artists against Reed Paper at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 1976
      pt. 2 Case Studies
      4. Reactionary Protest: The Warrior Nation and the Canadian War Museum
      4d The Postponement of The Lands within Me: Expressions by Canadian Artists of Arab Origin, 2001
      5. "It takes a lot of wrongs to make a museum of rights": Indigenous Resistance and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
      5e Wendy Coburn: Anatomy of a Protest
      6. When the Land Comes First: Oil, Museums, and (Missing) Protest
      6f Reversing the Flow: Yes Men Tackle the Canadian Government
      7. "Intellectual Properties": Real Estate, Occupy Vancouver, and the Vancouver Art Gallery
      7g Stan Douglas and the Woodward's Redevelopment
      8. Conclusion.
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