Title Family ties : living history in Canadian house museums / Andrea Terry

Published Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Series McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation studies in art history McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation studies in art history. Contents Introduction -- 1 Artifactual experiences : the interplay of history, objects, and memory -- part one. Communal commitments to the nation : Dundurn Castle, Hamilton, ON -- 2. Imperialist idealizations and curatorial strategies in the domestic sphere -- 3 "Deck the halls" : performing dominance in multicultural Canada -- part two. Personalizing Canadian nationalism : Cartier House, Montreal, QC -- 4. Tactical pacts : Parks Canada, the Québécois, and confederation -- 5. The political dimensions of personal memories -- part three. Heritage-as-resource in the global marketplace : Mackenzie House, Toronto, ON -- 6. Toronto's branded histories : sustaining nationalist agendas in a global city -- 7. Soft selling diversity in a hard realm -- Conclusion Summary House museums act as both sources and suppliers of history. Functioning first as private residences, they are then preserved as commemorative monuments and become living history museums offering theme-based tours led by period-costumed interpreters so that visitors might experience "what it felt like to live back then." In Family Ties, Andrea Terry considers the appeal and relevance of domesticated representations of Victorian material culture in a contemporary multicultural context. Through three case studies, Terry examines Victorian homes that have been repurposed as living history museums that host speculative performances of the past. The credibility of Dundurn Castle in Hamilton, William Lyon Mackenzie House in Toronto, and the Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site of Canada in Montreal, Terry argues, relies on the belief that architectural monuments and the objects they contain are evidence of the time, culture, nation, or people that produced them. Family Ties connects residential artifacts to performance by examining the Victorian Christmas programs offered annually at each site to demonstrate the complex nuances of living history. Through a detailed exploration of the relationship between heritage, living history, and memory, Family Ties illuminates the effects of institutional interpretations of the past that privilege nationalist myths Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Dundurn Castle (Hamilton, Ont.) Mackenzie House (Toronto, Ont.) SUBJECT Dundurn Castle (Hamilton, Ont.) fast Subject Historic house museums -- Canada -- Case studies Historic buildings -- Canada -- Case studies Dwellings -- Canada -- History -- 19th century Material culture -- Canada -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- Canada -- General. Dwellings Historic buildings Historic house museums Manners and customs Material culture Historische Stätte Museum Haus Living History SUBJECT Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site (Montréal, Québec) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008002166 Canada -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Subject Canada Québec -- Montréal -- Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site Genre/Form Electronic books Case studies History Form Electronic book LC no. 2017380012 ISBN 9780773584129 0773584129 9780773545625 077354562X 9780773545618 0773545611

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