Caribbean Museums and National Identity

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4494936
AutoresAlissandra Cummins (0000-0002-5591-7508, autor de correspondencia)
Año2004
Volumen58
Número1
Páginas224-245
Fecha de publicación2004-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHistory Workshop Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1363-3554 • E-ISSN: 1477-4569
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/hwj/58.1.224
OpenAlexW2115624527
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas8

Benedict Anderson has argued that’ nationality ... as well as nationalism, are cultural artifacts of a particular kind. To understand them properly we need to consider carefully how they have come into historical being, in what ways their meanings have changed over time, and why, today, they command such profound emotional legitimacy’. The development of Caribbean museums, historically as part of the machinery of colonialism and latterly as an instrument of nation-building, offers interesting perspectives on issues relating to the ownership of heritage, the shaping public memories of the past, and the role of museums as manifestations of identity. Maturing Caribbean communities have balanced official histories, taking the initiative to develop ‘community museums’ defining their own notions of ethnic or geographical identities.

Aesthetics · Art · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Identity (music) · National identity · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · History · Law