'Museums: A Visual Anthropology provides a clear and concise summary of the key ideas, debates and texts of the most important approaches to the study of museums from around the world. The book examines ways to address the social relations of museums, embedded in their sites, collections, and exhibitions, as an integral part of the visual and material culture they comprise.
Cross-disciplinary in scope, Museums uses ideas and approaches both from within and outside of anthropology to further students' knowledge of and interest in museums. Including selected, globally based case studies to highlight and exemplify important issues, the book also contains suggested Further Reading for each chapter, for students to expand their learning independently.' - from back cover.
Includes bibliography.
Cross-disciplinary in scope, Museums uses ideas and approaches both from within and outside of anthropology to further students' knowledge of and interest in museums. Including selected, globally based case studies to highlight and exemplify important issues, the book also contains suggested Further Reading for each chapter, for students to expand their learning independently.' - from back cover.
Includes bibliography.
Access level
Onsite
author
publisher
Location code
REF.BOM4
Language
English
Keywords
Publication/Creation date
2012
No of pages
243
ISBN / ISSN
9781845208127
No of copies
1
Content type
monograph
Chapter headings
Introduction
Museums in the Twenty-first Century
Stretching The National Museum
A History Of Ethnographic Museums
The Ethnography of Museums
Practices of Object Display
Object and Image Repatriation
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