{"product_id":"science-magic-and-religion-the-ritual-processes-of-museum-magic-9781571815200","title":"Science, Magic and Religion: The Ritual Processes","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tFor some time now, museums have been recognized as important institutions of western cultural and social life. The idea of the museum as a ritual site is fairly new and has been applied to the art museums in Europe and the United States so far. This volume expands it by exploring a range of contemporary museums in Europe and Africa. The case studies examine the different ways in which various actors involved in cultural production dramatize and ritualize such sites. It turns out that not only museum specialists, but visitors themselves are engaged in complex performances and experiences that make use of museums in often unexpected ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e Science, Magic and Religion: the Ritual Processes of Museum Magic\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMary Bouquet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNuno Porto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART I: OBJECTS OF SCIENCE? BABY AND THE MUMMIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Memorialising the Future: the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePenelope Harvey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Unwrapping Mummies and Telling their Stories: Egyptian Mummies in Museum Rhetoric\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAnna Wieczorkiewicz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART II: SITE SPECIFICS: THE CASE OF TERVUREN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Congo-Vision\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBarbara Saunders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e The Scourge of Chief Kansabala: the Ritual Life of Two Congolese Masterpieces at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (1884-2001)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBoris Wastiau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART III: ENCOUNTERS, PERFORMANCES AND UNPREDICTABLES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Paradise in the Making at Artis Zoo, Amsterdam\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eNatasha Silva\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e The Natural Magic of Monte San Giovanni: Authority, Authenticity and Ritual in Sardinia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eTracey Heatherington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e The Performance of Heritage in a Reconstructed, Post-Apartheid Museum in Namibia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eIan Fairweather\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Haunted Art: Visiting an Exhibit in Weimar\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBarbara Wolbert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART IV: DILEMMAS OF ENCHANTMENT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Enchantment and its Dilemmas: the Museum as a Ritual Site\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSharon Macdonald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041422410071,"sku":"9781571815200","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571815200.jpg?v=1750950210","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/science-magic-and-religion-the-ritual-processes-of-museum-magic-9781571815200","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}