Wolfram Kaiser, Stefan Krankenhagen and Kerstin Poehls, Exhibiting Europe in Museums. Transnational Networks, Collections, Narratives and Representations , New York/Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2016 [hardback 2014], paperback ￡24.00, pp. viii+238.

摘要

Europe - or at any rate the European Union - certainly has seen more optimistic times. During the last decade or so, the abstract ideal of an 'ever closer union' has become increasingly burdened by cumbersome details of realpolitik : amongst these the financial crisis, the refugee situation and, most recently, the United Kingdom's decision to pursue 'Brexit'. This book, which focuses on the subject of 'making Europe' (76) in museums, was researched and written within this discursive climate, yet its authors clearly attempt to maintain a pro-European stance. Originally published in German to mostly positive reviews in 2012, the English version, which constitutes volume 6 of the 'Museums and Collections' series, can now disseminate its findings to an international readership.