Museums: A Visual Anthropology provides a clear and concise summary of the key ideas, debates and texts of the most important approaches to the study of museums from around the world. The book examines ways to address the social relations of museums, embedded in their sites, collections, and exhibitions, as an integral part of the visual and material culture they comprise. Cross-disciplinary in scope, Museums uses ideas and approaches both from within and outside of anthropology to further students' knowledge of and interest in museums. Including selected, globally based case studies to highlight and exemplify important issues, the book also contains suggested Further Reading for each chapter, for students to expand their learning independently. Exploring fundamental methods and approaches to engage this constantly evolving time machine, Museums will be essential reading for students of anthropology and museum studies.
| ISBN | 1845208129 | | Pages | 224 | | ISBN13 | 9781845208127
(What's this?) | | Published in | Oxford | | Publisher | A & C Black Publishers Ltd | | Series ISSN | 1753-329 | | Imprint | Berg Publishers | | Series title | Key Texts in the Anthropology of Visual and Material Culture | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Publication date | 01 Sep 2012 | | Width (mm) | 156 | | DEWEY | 069.5 | | Spine width (mm) | 12 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Tertiary education |
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Introduction Museums in the Twenty-first Century Stretching The National Museum A History Of Ethnographic Museums The Ethnography of Museums Practices of Object Display Object and Image Repatriation Bibliography Index
Mary Bouquet's book is a thoughtful, impressive work, incorporating several histories: those of museums, anthropology, collecting and display and colonialism. It is particularly crucial for its international perspective which is absent from most studies of the subject. Nan Rothschild, Director of Museum Studies, Columbia University
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