Communication ETDs
Publication Date
12-1-2010
Abstract
As public places, museums negotiate authenticity and re-presentation, fact and ideology, memory and the present confronting a basic question for museums directors, curators, and visitors alike: what is the truth here? In this dissertation, the content and form of four Jewish museums are examined rhetorically: The Jewish Museum, and the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, both in New York City; the Holocaust History Museum at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem; and the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. Four metaphors--rootedness, embeddedness, enshrinement, and transcendence--capture the ways each of these museums conceptualizes and presents Jewish culture.
Language
English
Keywords
Jewish, Museum, Rhetoric, Narrative, Public Space, Place
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Communication
Level of Degree
Doctoral
Department Name
Department of Communication and Journalism
First Committee Member (Chair)
Condon, John
Second Committee Member
Gandert, Miguel
Third Committee Member
Szabo, Joyce
Recommended Citation
Stauber, Judith. "JEWISH LANDSCAPES ROOTED, EMBEDDED, ENSHRINED, AND TRANSCENDENT: METAPHOR AS COMMUNICATED IN JEWISH MUSEUMS IN NEW YORK, JERUSALEM, AND SAN FRANCISCO." (2010). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cj_etds/20
