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The Representation of the Past
The 1980s and early 1990s have witnessed a marked boom in the museum
and heritage industry. Public interest in our historic environment is growing
and this new awareness has been met by a major increase in the
commercialization of the past.
The Representation of the Past
examines
this developing trend and reaches some disturbing conclusions.
Kevin Walsh argues that the process of modernization has gradually served
to distance people from their own heritage. As new horizons of expectation
open up in the fields of consumption, travel and communication, the past
becomes increasingly obscure and sequestered from those who own it,
leading to a loss of sense of place. Looking at heritage industries worldwide,
Walsh asserts that museums should shoulder at least some of the blame
for a superficial, unquestioning portrayal of the past which ultimately
separates people from an understanding of their economic, political and
cultural present. As the past is presented as a complete package, it loses all
relevance in our daily lives.
In a world where the anonymous marketing director increasingly dominates
our lives, the key to the future representation of the past lies in enabling
people to come to terms with their own heritage.
The Representation of the Past
is essential reading for all those concerned
with the museums and the heritage industry.
Kevin Walsh
is Research Scholar in Archaeology at the University of
Leicester.
The Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management
programme has been designed to
serve the needs of the museum and heritage community worldwide. It publishes
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and for all the organizations that service the museum community.
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Edited by Roger Miles and Lauro Zavala
The Representation
of the Past
Museums and heritage in the
post-modern world
Kevin Walsh
London and New York
First published in 1992
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
© 1992 Kevin Walsh
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any
form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented,
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without permission in writing from the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Walsh, Kevin
The representation of the past: museums and
heritage in the post-modern world.—(Heritage:
care, preservation, management)
I. Title II. Series
069
Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data
Walsh, Kevin
The representation of the past: museums and heritage in the post-modern world/Kevin
Walsh.
p. cm.—(Heritage: care, preservation, management)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Museum techniques. 2. Museums—Educational aspects.
3. Popular culture. 4. Mass society. I. Title. II. Series:
Heritage.
AM7.W35 1992
069
.5–dc20 91–30400
ISBN 0-203-07572-2 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-22126-5 (Adobe eReader Format)
ISBN 0-415-07944-6 (Print Edition)
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