Museum Studies: An Anthology of ContextsISBN: 978-0-631-22825-7
Hardcover
680 pages
October 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
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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
