Mediating Museums - Exhibiting Material Culture in Tunisia (1881-2016)

This book explores the trajectory of ethnographic museums in Tunisia from the colonial to the post-revolutionary period, analysing changes and continuities in role, setting and architecture across shifting ideological landscapes.

About the author

Virginie Rey holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Melbourne. Her research interests include cultural representations in museums in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as Islamic visual culture in the West. She is currently a research affiliate in the Department of Anthropology and the Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies, at the University of California, Irvine.

Product details

• Authors: Virginie Rey
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2019
• EAN: 9789004394964
• ISBN: 978-90-04-39496-4
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 241 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 503 g
• Series: Studies in the History and Soc
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries