{"product_id":"blunt-instruments-recognizing-racist-cultural-infrastructure-in-memorials-museums-and-patriotic-practices-9780807006719","title":"Blunt Instruments: Recognizing Racist Cultural Infrastructure in Memorials, Museums, and Patriotic Practices","description":"\u003cb\u003eA field guide to the memorials, museums, and practices that commemorate white supremacy in the United States--and how to reimagine a more deeply shared cultural infrastructure for the future\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCultural infrastructure has been designed to maintain structures of inequality, and while it doesn't seem to be explicitly about race, it often is. \u003ci\u003eBlunt Instruments\u003c\/i\u003e helps readers identify, contextualize, and name elements of our everyday landscapes and cultural practices that are designed to seem benign or natural but which, in fact, work tirelessly to tell us vital stories about who we are, how we came to be, and who belongs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExamining landmark moments such as the erection of the first American museum and Colin Kaepernick's kneeling pledge of allegiance, historian Kristin Hass explores the complicated histories of sites of cultural infrastructure, such as: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- the American Museum of Natural History\u003cbr\u003e- the Bridge to Freedom in Selma\u003cbr\u003e- the Washington Monument\u003cbr\u003e- Mount Auburn Cemetery\u003cbr\u003e- Kehinde Wiley's 2019 sculpture \u003ci\u003eRumors of War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- the Victory Highway\u003cbr\u003e- the Alamo Cenotaph \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith sharp analysis and a broad lens, Hass makes the undeniable case that understanding what cultural infrastructure is, and the deep and broad impact that it has, is essential to understanding how structures of inequity are maintained and how they might be dismantled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807006719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2022 pg. 155\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kristin Hass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370588934325,"sku":"9780807006719","price":22.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4c2ee99f-51f0-44fe-a056-b8c107b6b05f.jpg?v=1663040614","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/blunt-instruments-recognizing-racist-cultural-infrastructure-in-memorials-museums-and-patriotic-practices-9780807006719","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}