"Long dismissed as the domain of hobbyists and obsessives, historical reenactment--the dramatization of past events using costumed actors and historical props--has only in recent years attracted serious attention from scholars. Drawing on examples from around the world, Historical Reenactment offers a fascinating, interdisciplinary exploration of this cultural phenomenon. With particular attention to reenactment's social and pedagogical dimensions, it develops a robust definition of what the practice constitutes, considers what methodological approaches are most appropriate, and places it alongside museums and memorial sites as an object of analysis"--
Long dismissed as the domain of hobbyists and obsessives, historical reenactmentthe dramatization of past events using costumed actors and historical propshas only in recent years attracted serious attention from scholars. Drawing on examples from around the world, Historical Reenactment offers a fascinating, interdisciplinary exploration of this cultural phenomenon. With particular attention to reenactments social and pedagogical dimensions, it develops a robust definition of what the practice constitutes, considers what methodological approaches are most appropriate, and places it alongside museums and memorial sites as an object of analysis.
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Introduction: Approaching Historical Reenactments
Mario Carretero, Brady Wagoner, and Everardo Perez-Manjarrez
Part I: New Theoretical and Methodological Approaches
Chapter
1. On Motives for Reenactment: The Kindertransport
William Niven
Chapter
2. Conceptualizing the Period Rush: Ludic Dimensions of Immersive
History in Historical Reenactment
Robbert-Jan Addriaansen
Part II: Reenactments as Tools of Cultural and National Identities
Chapter
3. Historical Reenactments in Spain: A Critical Approach to Public
Perceptions of the Iron Age and Roman Past
David Gonzįlez- Įlvarez, Pablo Alonso-Gonzįlez, and Jesśs
Rodrķguez-Hernįndez
Chapter
4. Reenacting the Reconquista Myth? Some Reflections on Moros y
Cristianos Festivals in Spain
Ignacio Bresco and Floor van Alphen
Part III: Politics of Reenactment: Troubled Pasts, Colonialism, and
Democratic Prospects
Chapter
5. Statue Wars and Reenactments: Reinterpreting the Colonial Past in
Australia
Stephen Gapp
Chapter
6. From Yogyakarta to Independence: Negotiating Narratives in the
Historical Reenactment of Re-colonization in Indonesia
Lise Zurne
Chapter
7. Memory Sites and Reenacting State Terrorism: The Museum at
Argentinas Naval Mechanics School
Marisa Gonzįlez de Oleaga
Part IV: Reenactments as Educational Devices in Formal and Informal
Contexts
Chapter
8. Reenacting the Past in the School Yard: Its Role in History and
Civic Education
Mario Carretero, Everard Perez-Manjarrez, and Maria Rodriguez-Moneo
Chapter
9. Inside Historical Reenactment
Tyson Retz
Epilogue: What Is the Task of Reenactment?
Vanessa Agnew
Index
Mario Carretero is Full Professor at Autonoma University of Madrid, Spain, where he was Dean of the Faculty of Psychology, and Researcher at FLACSO, Argentina. His recent publications include History Education and the Construction of National Identities (2012) (co-ed.), Constructing Patriotism, and The Palgrave Handbook of Historical Culture and Education (2017) (Co-Ed).
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