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Atlantic slavery and traumatic representation in museums: the National Great Blacks in wax museum as a test case

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posted on 2023-06-07, 21:26 authored by Marcus Wood
This article uses the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, as a context for thinking about the success and failure of British institutional attempts to commemorate the traumatic memory of Atlantic slavery in 2007. The analysis opens with a contextualising history of the development and philosophy of Elmer and Joanne Martin, the co-founders of the Great Blacks in Wax Museum. Three special exhibits - namely, '100 Greatest Black Inventions', 'The Middle Passage' and 'Lynching' - are then considered in detail. The discussion makes extensive use of interviews conducted with artists and museum staff responsible for creating and displaying the exhibits.

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  • Published

Journal

Slavery and Abolition

ISSN

0144-039X

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

2

Volume

29

Page range

151-171

Pages

21.0

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  • English Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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