{"product_id":"reflections-on-critical-museology-9781032202907","title":"Reflections on Critical Museology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReflections on Critical Museology: Inside and Outside Museums\u003c\/em\u003e offers a reflective and reflexive re-assessment of museum studies and the first wide-ranging account of critical museology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on an extensive range of examples from museums and across the museological literature, which are purposefully representative of very different cultural backgrounds, the book issues a plea for critical thinking in and about museums. The various institutions covered and the plural analytical standpoints offer a broad interdisciplinary approach by intermingling art history, anthropology, sociocultural theories and heritage studies. The result is not claimed as a universal or all-encompassing account but a subjective review produced by J. Pedro Lorente, an art critic and historian who has been writing extensively about critical museology' in different languages for many years. Lorente offers a fascinating synopsis of his ideas in this extremely valuable short book, looking \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction; 1 Academic echoes of the label ‘critical museology’ and its referents; 2 Museums in question, self-questioning museums; 3 Variety and plurality in spatial and interpretive discourse; 4 Representations of historical legacies in times of self-reflexive museology; 5 Final considerations; Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018897391959,"sku":"9781032202907","price":47.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032202907.jpg?v=1750778570","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reflections-on-critical-museology-9781032202907","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}