Regimes of representation in Canadian police museums: othering, police subjectivities, and gunscapes

There are dozens of public police museums located across Canada that memorialize the country?s history of law enforcement and criminalization. Drawing from fieldwork at these sites, we explore the representational devices used to curate police museum displays. Invoking Stuart Hall?s work on represen...

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Authors: Pauls, Haley (Author) ; Walby, Kevin 1981- (Author) ; Piché, Justin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Crime, media, culture
Year: 2023, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 114-134
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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