Defining Memory: Local Museums and the Construction of History in America's Changing Communities - Paperback

by Amy K. Levin (Editor), Joshua G. Adair (Editor)

This second edition of Defining Memory offers readers multiple lenses for viewing and discussing local institutions. New chapters analyze the ways in which local museums have come to adopt digital technologies in selecting items for exhibitions as well as the complexities of creating institutions devoted to marginalized histories

Author Biography

Amy K. Levin researches and teaches on race, class, and gender in museums. After 21 years as a professor and administrator at Northern Illinois University, she began a career as an independent scholar in 2016. Joshua G. Adair is associate professor of English at Murray State University in Kentucky, where he also serves as coordinator of Gender & Diversity Studies and director of the Racer Writing Center.