Modelscapes of Nationalism : Collective Memories and Future Visions

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Narratives into Objects, Objects into Narratives -- What are Models? -- Modelscapes -- Case Studies -- 1. The Qualities of Modelscapes -- Models and Modern Modes of Perception -- Visual Perception as a Product of Social Relations -- Visual Objec...
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Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Narratives into Objects, Objects into Narratives -- What are Models? -- Modelscapes -- Case Studies -- 1. The Qualities of Modelscapes -- Models and Modern Modes of Perception -- Visual Perception as a Product of Social Relations -- Visual Objects as Makers of Culture -- Historicizing Visual Culture -- Contemporary Modes of Vision -- Collection and Classification -- The Model as Representation -- The Copy -- Model, Image and Text -- Experience, Performance and Play -- Models and Architecture -- The Perception of Architecture -- On Scale and the Body -- Interior and Exterior Modelscapes -- 2. Models and Modern Perceptions of Nationalism -- The Perception of Time and Modern Nationalism -- A Verbal Model: Utopia -- Models and the Construction of Collective Identity in Modernity -- Theories of the Emergence of Modern National Identity -- Modelscapes as Representations of National Space -- Modelscapes as Signifiers of National Identity -- Time and Enclosure -- 3. The Second Temple Model -- Designing the Second Temple Model -- The Model of Imperial Rome -- A Serious Plaything -- Authenticity -- The Second Temple Model as a Representation of Archaeology -- The Second Temple Model and the Protestant Perspective -- Representing the Past -- A Vision of the Future -- Relocating the Model -- Who Visits the Second Temple Model? -- Updating the Model -- 4. Mini Israel -- Mini Israel as a Theme Park -- The Politics of the Miniature -- The Politics of the Site -- The Politics of Utopia: Planning the Site -- The Politics of the Sign: Choosing the Models -- The Political Economy of Mini Israel -- The Politics of the Exhibition: Mini Israel at the Israel Museum -- The Politics of the Model: A Partial Inventory -- 5. The Valley of the Communities -- Collective Memory and its Sites. Ausführliche Beschreibung