'History taught in the pageant way': education and historical performance in twentieth-century Britain
'History taught in the pageant way': education and historical performance in twentieth-century Britain
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“以盛大的方式教授历史”：二十世纪英国的教育和历史表演
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10.1080/0046760x.2018.1516811
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2018
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Bartie A
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Bartie A
历史盛会是二十世纪英国民众与过去接触的重要场所。它们发生在很多地方，有时规模很大，从小村庄到工业城市。这些活动由学校、教堂、专业组织、妇女团体和政党等组织举办。本文借鉴当代对遗产和表演的研究，探讨了选美比赛的历史、神话和小说的融合，以及它们塑造和反映当地社区自我形象的方式。选美是大众教育和娱乐的重要渠道，尽管它们有时被视为落后和保守的奇观，但本文认为选美可能是一种有效的手段，让过去为现在和未来服务。
Historical pageants were important sites of popular engagement with the past in twentieth-century Britain. They took place in many places and sometimes on a large scale, in settings ranging from small villages to industrial cities. They were staged by schools, churches, professional organisations, women’s groups and political parties, among others. This article draws on contemporary studies of heritage and performance to explore the blend of history, myth and fiction that characterised pageants, and the ways in which they both shaped and reflected the self-image of local communities. Pageants were important channels of popular education as well as entertainment and, although they are sometimes seen as backward-looking and conservative spectacles, this article argues that pageants could be an effective means of enlisting the past in the service of the present and future.