Ethnographic museums and essentialist representations of Galician identity.

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    • Subject Terms:
      HERITAGE tourism; NATIONAL museums; NATIONAL character; CULTURAL nationalism; PROTECTION of cultural property; ETHNOLOGY; CIVILIZATION
    • Subject Terms:
      GALICIA (Spain : Region); GALICIA (Poland & Ukraine); SPAIN
    • Abstract:
      This article presents a critical perspective on Galician ethnographic museums as a mechanism for the representation of cultural identities. It argues that the legislation pertaining to ethnographic museums can be seen, in part, as constituting a definition of identities. It also discusses the models of and for the creation of museums known as ‘ethnographic’, the official recognition of this type of museum in Galicia, and the corresponding construction of a hegemonic image of Galician identities. Finally, the article considers the process of producing and consuming ideas about Galician self-identity in ‘ethnographic’ museums. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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