Transforming Museums - Mounting Queen Victoria in a Democratic South Africa

Zusatztext 'Dubin has collected a vital series of interviews which! in full! are a highly significant archive of historical and museological thinking in this transitionary period.' - Institute of Historical Research Informationen zum Autor STEVEN C. DUBIN is Professor of Arts Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA. Klappentext A detailed look at how South Africa's museum present the nation's past, and how they can serve as a lens for examining changes in South African society at large. Zusammenfassung A detailed look at how South Africa's museum present the nation's past! and how they can serve as a lens for examining changes in South African society at large. Inhaltsverzeichnis Using War to Put Food on the Table: Reflections on a Decade of Democracy A White Step in a Black Direction: Inertia, Breakthrough and Change in South African Museums The First Shall Be Last: Picturing Indigenous Peoples and the Sins of Long Ago Prisoners to Science: Sarah Bartmann and "Others" "A Pustular Sore on a Queen's Forehead": District Six and the Politics of the Past "The History of Our Future": Revamping Edifices of a Bygone Era Tête-à-tête: Museums and Monuments, Conversations and Soliloquies

List of contents

Using War to Put Food on the Table: Reflections on a Decade of Democracy A White Step in a Black Direction: Inertia, Breakthrough and Change in South African Museums The First Shall Be Last: Picturing Indigenous Peoples and the Sins of Long Ago Prisoners to Science: Sarah Bartmann and "Others" "A Pustular Sore on a Queen's Forehead": District Six and the Politics of the Past "The History of Our Future": Revamping Edifices of a Bygone Era Tête-à-tête: Museums and Monuments, Conversations and Soliloquies

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'Dubin has collected a vital series of interviews which, in full, are a highly significant archive of historical and museological thinking in this transitionary period.' - Institute of Historical Research

Product details

• Authors: S Dubin, S. Dubin, Steven C. Dubin
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.04.2007
• EAN: 9781403974112
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-7411-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Sociology, Cultural Studies, The arts: general issues, Africa, Arts, world history, General & world history, Colonialism & imperialism, Sociology, general, African Politics, imperialism, World History, Global and Transnational History, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Imperialism and Colonialism, Africa—Politics and government, African Culture, Ethnology—Africa