Museums : A Visual Anthropology.
Bouquet, Mary.
Museums : A Visual Anthropology. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (257 pages) - Key Texts in the Anthropology of Visual and Material Culture Series . - Key Texts in the Anthropology of Visual and Material Culture Series .
Museums -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Museums in the Twenty-first Century -- 2 Stretching the National Museum -- 3 A History of Ethnographic Museums -- 4 The Ethnography of Museums -- 5 Practices of Object Display -- 6 Object and Image Repatriation -- Afterword: Teylers Revisited -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Museums summarises the central debates for the study of museums around the world. Examining ways to address the social relations of museums, embedded in their sites, collections, and exhibitions, as an integral part of their visual and material culture, Museums is essential reading for anthropology and museums studies students.
9780857852113
Anthropological museums and collections.
Ethnological museums and collections.
Museums--Social aspects.
Museums--Philosophy.
Material culture.
Electronic books.
GN35.B68 2012
301.074
Museums : A Visual Anthropology. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (257 pages) - Key Texts in the Anthropology of Visual and Material Culture Series . - Key Texts in the Anthropology of Visual and Material Culture Series .
Museums -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Museums in the Twenty-first Century -- 2 Stretching the National Museum -- 3 A History of Ethnographic Museums -- 4 The Ethnography of Museums -- 5 Practices of Object Display -- 6 Object and Image Repatriation -- Afterword: Teylers Revisited -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Museums summarises the central debates for the study of museums around the world. Examining ways to address the social relations of museums, embedded in their sites, collections, and exhibitions, as an integral part of their visual and material culture, Museums is essential reading for anthropology and museums studies students.
9780857852113
Anthropological museums and collections.
Ethnological museums and collections.
Museums--Social aspects.
Museums--Philosophy.
Material culture.
Electronic books.
GN35.B68 2012
301.074