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Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary collection of approaches to museums and their relation to history, culture, philosophy and their adoring or combative publics.
  • Brings together for the first time a wide array of texts that mix contemporary analysis with historical documentation
  • Includes five sections that highlight central themes in museum studies: issue-oriented contexts in museology; states of "nature"; the status of nations; history, memory and other locations; and arts, crafts and visitors
  • Addresses the development of museums, the role of the museum in society, and issues central to contemporary museum studies
  • Opens with an introductory essay that situates museum studies in a truly interdisciplinary context and includes an opening essay for each section that guides the reader through the selections
  • Includes a bibliography and list of resources devoted to museum studies that makes the volume an authoritative guide on the subject

Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 03/09/2003
    ISBN13: 9780631228257, 978-0631228257
    ISBN10: 063122825X

    Number of Pages: 680

    Description

    Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary collection of approaches to museums and their relation to history, culture, philosophy and their adoring or combative publics.
    • Brings together for the first time a wide array of texts that mix contemporary analysis with historical documentation
    • Includes five sections that highlight central themes in museum studies: issue-oriented contexts in museology; states of "nature"; the status of nations; history, memory and other locations; and arts, crafts and visitors
    • Addresses the development of museums, the role of the museum in society, and issues central to contemporary museum studies
    • Opens with an introductory essay that situates museum studies in a truly interdisciplinary context and includes an opening essay for each section that guides the reader through the selections
    • Includes a bibliography and list of resources devoted to museum studies that makes the volume an authoritative guide on the subject

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