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Blunt Instruments: Recognizing Racist Cultural Infrastructure in Memorials, Museums, and Patriotic Practices
By Hass, Kristin
- ISBN
- 9780807006719
- Publisher
- Beacon
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Reviewed on September 1, 2022 | Social Sciences
In this impassioned book, Hass (American culture, Univ. of Michigan; Sacrificing Soldiers on the National Mall) reveals the racism embedded in the United States' monuments, museums, and customs. Her analyses of innocuous-seeming symbols (a courthouse statue of the World War I Doughboy; a museum's "primitive art" collection; the national anthem at a baseball game) reveal that a good deal of effort has gone into hiding their message of white suprem...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
