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Fwd: Museums

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Edited by Therese Quinn and Miguel Limon. Published by Bridge (2023).

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Thesis

Recently, there has been a renewed push toward labor unionization in the United States from workers both outside and inside museums. This paper investigates the relationship between museum labor in the United States and the Marxist art historical interpretation of labor in art objects. (2023)

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  • Labor on Display: The Exhibition of U.S. Art Objects and the Museum Labor Unionization Movement​

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Read it online through the University of Illinois Chicago's Library.

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This paper was presented at The Newberry's Labor History Seminar. Read more about the presentation here.

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