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Journal of Design History 2002 15(2):69-82; doi:10.1093/jdh/15.2.69
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Viewing Souvenirs

Peepshows and the International Expositions

Amy F. Ogata

The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture


  Abstract

This article considers how the international exposition was represented in peepshow souvenirs, folding paper devices that gave a three-dimensional view of the interior. Using Walter Benjamin's notion of the world's fair as a phantasmagoria, I argue that the optical souvenirs produced for international expositions reconfirmed the enchanted visual experience in a way that other mass-produced souvenirs could not and, moreover, that this held implications for both popular consumption and collective memory.

Key Words: Benjamin • Walter • expositions universelles • international exhibitions • peepshows • popular entertainment • souvenirs


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