Defining the Modern Museum - A Case Study of the Challenges of Exchange

Informationen zum Autor Lianne McTavish is a professor in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Alberta. Klappentext Shedding light on many topics of current interest, especially the commodification and globalization of museums, this study makes a lively contribution to museum studies and cultural studies. Zusammenfassung Shedding light on many topics of current interest! especially the commodification and globalization of museums! this study makes a lively contribution to museum studies and cultural studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction The Impossible Museum Chapter One Exchanging Values in the Nineteenth-Century Museum Marketplace Chapter Two Learning to See: Vision, Visuality and Material Culture, 1862-1929 Chapter Three Offering Orientalism: Women and the Gift Economy of the Museum, 1880-1940 Chapter Four Libraries and Museums: Shifting Relationships, 1830-1940 Chapter Five Gendered Professionals: Debating the Ideal Museum Worker during the 1930s and 1940s Conclusions Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Lianne McTavish
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.02.2013
• EAN: 9781442644434
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-4443-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Cultural Spaces; Cultural Spaces
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries