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The Birth Of The Museum : History, Theory, Politics

  • The Birth Of The Museum : History, Theory, Politics
  • Title

    • Culture (London, England)
  • Attribution

    Tony Bennett
  • Publication Details

    Book, Routledge, 1995
  • Availability

    LOCATIONCALL #STATUS
     (LOWER LEVEL)  AM7 .B39 1995  AVAILABLE

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  • Description

    Show and Tell: The Birth of the Museum is an engaging work which explores the evolution and cultural function of the modern museum. Highly unconventional and imaginitive in its theory, Show and Tell: The Birth of the Museum provides a distinctive perspective on the contemporary museum. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
  • Author

  • Subject

  • Contents

    • 1. The Formation of the Museum
    • 2. The Exhibitionary Complex
    • 3. The Political Rationality of the Museum
    • 4. Museums and ‘The People’
    • 5. Out of Which Past?
    • 6. Art and Theory: The Politics of the Invisible
    • 7. Museums and Progress: Narrative, Ideology, Performance
    • 8. The Shaping of Things to Come: Expo ‘88
    • 9. A Thousand and One Troubles: Blackpool Pleasure Beach
  • ISBN

    • 0415053889
    • 0415053870
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