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A History of Aboriginal Art in the Art Gallery of New South Wales by Vanessa Russ 9780367651381
RRP: £135.00£117.28In this highly original study, Vanessa Russ examines the gradual invention of Aboriginal art within the Art Gallery of New South Wales. This process occurred as the social histories of Australia expanded and recognised Aboriginal people, through wars... -
Heritage, Tourism, and Race: The Other Side of Leisure by Antoinette T Jackson 9780367464844
RRP: £37.99£33.38Heritage, Tourism, and Race views heritage and leisure tourism in the Americas through the lens of race, and is especially concerned with redressing gaps in recognizing and critically accounting for African Americans as an underrepresented community in... -
Migrant, Multicultural and Diasporic Heritage: Beyond and Between Borders Alexandra Dellios 9780367348465
RRP: £36.99£32.53Migrant, Multicultural and Diasporic Heritage explores the role heritage has played in representing, contesting and negotiating the history and politics of ethnic, migrant, multicultural, diasporic or 'other' heritages in, within, between and beyond... -
Mannequins in Museums: Power and Resistance on Display Bridget R. Cooks (University of California, Irvine, USA) 9780367202682
RRP: £49.99£43.50Mannequins in Museums is a collection of historical and contemporary case studies that examine how mannequins are presented in exhibitions and shows that, as objects used for storytelling, they are not neutral objects. Demonstrating that mannequins have... -
Museums and Photography: Displaying Death by Elena Stylianou 9780367193096
RRP: £41.99£36.75Museums and Photography combines a strong theoretical approach with international case studies to investigate the display of death in various types of museums-history, anthropology, art, ethnographic, and science museums - and to understand the changing... -
The Invention of the American Art Museum From Craft to Kulturgeschichte, 1870-1930 Kathleen Curran 9781606064788
RRP: £45.00£38.63A rigorous account of the European origins of American art museums American art museums share a mission and format that differ from those of their European counterparts, which often have origins in aristocratic collections. This groundbreaking work... -
World Antiquarianism - Comparative Perspectives . Schnapp 9781606061480
RRP: £50.00£42.65This book explores the concept of antiquarianism and recasts its role for a new generation. The term antiquarianism refers to engagement with the material heritage of the past - an engagement that preceded the modern academic discipline of archaeology... -
Cultural Networks in Migrating Heritage: Intersecting Theories and Practices across Europe by Perla Innocenti 9781472448132
RRP: £86.99£75.54This book is a study of the role of cultural and heritage networks and how they can help institutions and their host societies manage the tensions and realise the opportunities arising from migration. In looking at past and emerging challenges of... -
Smithsonian Stories: Chronicle of a Golden Age, 1964-1984 by Wilton S. Dillon 9781412854597
RRP: £135.00£117.68Why is the Smithsonian more than the "Nation's Attic?" Or more than a museum complex? As Wilton S. Dillon shows, the Smithsonian came to be the institution we know today under the twenty-year leadership of "Sun King" S. Dillon Ripley... -
New Collecting: Exhibiting and Audiences after New Media Art Beryl Graham 9781409448945
RRP: £135.00£117.68The collections of museums, galleries and online art organisations are increasingly broadening to include more new media art. Because new media is used as a means of documenting, archiving and distributing art, and because new media art might be... -
World Heritage in Iran: Perspectives on Pasargadae by Ali Mozaffari 9781409448440
RRP: £135.00£117.68Pasargadae is the location of the tomb of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Through the ages it was Islamised and the tomb was ascribed to the Mother of Solomon. It was only at the beginning of the twentieth century that archaeological... -
World Heritage, Urban Design and Tourism: Three Cities in the Middle East by Luna Khirfan 9781409424079
RRP: £135.00£117.68Urban planners and conservationists in historic cities around the world grapple with the competing interests of conservation, urban design, and economic and social development. This book offers an interdisciplinary approach to the key relationships... -
Caribbean Cultural Heritage and the Nation: Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao in a Regional Context Alex van Stipriaan 9789087284251
RRP: £40.00£38.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789087284251Author Alex van StipriaanFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Leiden University PressPublisher Leiden University Press -
Reflections on Critical Museology: Inside and Outside Museums by J. Pedro Lorente 9781032202952
RRP: £19.99£17.69Drawing on an extensive range of examples from museums and across the museological literature, which are purposefully representative of very different cultural backgrounds, the book issues a plea for critical thinking in and about museums. The various... -
The Return of Cultural Heritage to Latin America: Nationalism, Policy, and Politics in Colombia, Mexico, and Peru by Pierre Losson 9781032153841
RRP: £39.99£35.06Drawing on analysis of articles published in national newspapers and interviews with individuals involved in return claims, the book demonstrates that such claims are inherently political. Focusing on Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, the book analyses how... -
Using Museums as an Educational Resource: An Introductory Handbook for Students and Teachers Graeme K. Talboys 9781138255357
RRP: £49.99£43.50Visits to museums have long been an important aspect of the education of young people and in recent years it has been increasingly recognised that education is core to the purpose of the museum. Not only do they introduce students to the many and varied... -
Museums and Design Education: Looking to Learn, Learning to See by Rebecca Reynolds 9781138255043
RRP: £49.99£43.50How can museum educators and higher education tutors enhance the way HE students use museums? There are many examples in the UK of museums and universities working together in productive and innovative ways, but these relationships tend to be based on... -
The Anatomy of a Museum: An Insider's Text Steven Miller (Executive Director, Boscobel House & Gardens) 9781119237044
RRP: £35.95£31.67Written by a museum professional and based on a course taught for many years, The Anatomy of a Museum is an engaging and accessible volume that provides a unique insider's guide to what museums are and how they operate. An insider's view of the rarefied... -
The Anatomy of a Museum: An Insider's Text by Steven Miller 9781119237037
RRP: £84.95£74.23Written by a museum professional and based on a course taught for many years, The Anatomy of a Museum is an engaging and accessible volume that provides a unique insider s guide to what museums are and how they operate. * An insider s view of the... -
Museums, Emotion, and Memory Culture: The Politics of the Past in Turkey Goenul Bozoglu 9781032088914
RRP: £39.99£35.06Museums, Emotion, and Memory Culture examines the politics of emotion in history museums, combining approaches and concerns from museum, heritage and memory studies, anthropology and studies of emotion. Exploring the meanings and politics of memory... -
Cultural Diplomacy and the Heritage of Empire: Negotiating Post-Colonial Returns by Cynthia Scott 9781032084497
RRP: £39.99£35.06Cultural Diplomacy and the Heritage of Empire analyzes the history of the negotiations that led to the atypical return of colonial-era cultural property from the Netherlands to Indonesia in the 1970s. By doing so, the book shows that competing visions of... -
Distributed Objects: Meaning and Mattering after Alfred Gell Liana Chua 9780857457448
RRP: £99.00£79.83One of the most influential anthropological works of the last two decades, Alfred Gell's Art and Agency, is a provocative and ambitious work that both challenged and reshaped anthropological understandings of art, agency, creativity and the social. It... -
Museum Representations of Maoist China: From Cultural Revolution to Commie Kitsch Amy Jane Barnes 9780815399315
RRP: £36.99£32.53The collection, interpretation and display of art from the People's Republic of China, and particularly the art of the Cultural Revolution, have been problematic for museums. These objects challenge our perception of 'Chineseness' and their style,... -
Migrating Heritage: Experiences of Cultural Networks and Cultural Dialogue in Europe Perla Innocenti 9780815399124
RRP: £36.99£32.93Bringing together an international forum of experts, this book looks at how museums, libraries and further public cultural institutions respond to the effects of globalisation, mobility and migration across Europe. It puts forward examples of... -
Collecting the Past: British Collectors and their Collections from the 18th to the 20th Centuries Toby Burrows 9780815382348
RRP: £54.99£47.72Today's libraries and museums are heavily indebted to the passions and obsessions of numerous individual collectors who devoted their lives to amassing collections of books, manuscripts, artworks, and other culturally significant objects. Collecting the... -
Public Art and Museums in Cultural Districts by J. Pedro Lorente 9780815359579
RRP: £135.00£117.28Museums and public art have traditionally taken significantly different approaches to customer engagement, but throughout history they have also worked together in some urban contexts, notably as landmarks of so-called cultural districts. Public Art and... -
Biculturalism at New Zealand's National Museum: An Ethnography of Te Papa by Tanja Schubert-McArthur 9780815359081
RRP: £135.00£117.28The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa has been celebrated as an international leader for its bicultural concept and partnership with Maori in all aspects of the museum, but how does this relationship with the indigenous partner work in practice?... -
Diversity and Philanthropy at African American Museums: Black Renaissance by Patricia A. Banks 9780815349648
RRP: £135.00£117.28Diversity and Philanthropy at African American Museums is the first scholarly book to analyze contemporary African American museums from a multifaceted perspective. While it puts a spotlight on the issues and challenges related to racial politics that... -
Dealing with the Yugoslav Past - Exhibition Reflections in the Successor States by Alina Zubkovych 9783838209432
RRP: £22.00£17.98This fascinating book analyzes the socialist past as represented in the national history museums of the majority of the former Yugoslav states. While traveling to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Macedonia, the study elucidates... -
The Best We Share: Nation, Culture and World-Making in the UNESCO World Heritage Arena Christoph Brumann 9781800730441
RRP: £100.00£80.62The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is one of the most widely ratified international treaties, and a place on the World Heritage List is a widely coveted mark of distinction. Building on ethnographic fieldwork at Committee sessions, interviews and... -
Views of Violence: Representing the Second World War in German and European Museums and Memorials Joerg Echternkamp 9781789201260
RRP: £99.00£79.83The twenty-first-century vision of historical violence has been immeasurably influenced by cultural representations of the Second World War. Within Europe, one of the key sites for such representation has been the vast array of museums and memorials that... -
From Extinct Monsters to Deep Time: Conflict, Compromise, and the Making of Smithsonian's Fossil Halls by Diana Elizabeth Marsh 9781789201222
RRP: £107.00£86.17From Extinct Monsters to Deep Time is an ethnography that documents the growing friction between the research and outreach functions of the museum in the 21st century. Marsh describes participant observation and historical research at the Smithsonian's... -
The Man Who Invented Aztec Crystal Skulls: The Adventures of Eugene Boban Jane MacLaren Walsh 9781789200959
RRP: £107.00£86.17Eugene Boban began life in humble circumstances in Paris, traveled to the California Gold Rush, and later became a recognized authority on pre-Columbian cultures. He also invented an entire category of archaeological artifact: the Aztec crystal skull... -
The Enemy on Display: The Second World War in Eastern European Museums Zuzanna Bogumil 9781785337604
RRP: £23.95£19.49Eastern European museums represent traumatic events of World War II, such as the Siege of Leningrad, the Warsaw Uprisings, and the Bombardment of Dresden, in ways that depict the enemy in particular ways. This image results from the interweaving of... -
The Witness as Object: Video Testimony in Memorial Museums by Steffi de Jong 9781785336430
RRP: £110.00£88.55In recent years, historical witnessing has emerged as a category of "museum object" in the form of audiovisual recordings of interviews with individuals remembering events of historical importance. Such testimonies are now not only are part of... -
Visitors to the House of Memory: Identity and Political Education at the Jewish Museum Berlin by Victoria Bishop Kendzia 9781785336393
RRP: £99.00£79.83As one of the most visited museums in Germany's capital city, the Jewish Museum Berlin is a key site for understanding not only German-Jewish history, but also German identity in an era of unprecedented ethnic and religious diversity. Visitors to the... -
The Enemy on Display: The Second World War in Eastern European Museums by Zuzanna Bogumil 9781782382171
RRP: £99.00£80.23Eastern European Museums represent traumatic events of World War II, such as the Siege of Leningrad, the Warsaw Uprisings, and the Bombardment of Dresden, in ways that depict the enemy in particular ways. This image results from the interweaving of... -
Experiencing Materiality: Museum Perspectives by Valentina Gamberi 9781789209846
RRP: £89.00£71.90Representing a cutting-edge study of the junction between theoretical anthropology, material culture studies, religious studies and museum anthropology, this study examines the interaction between the human and the nonhuman in a museum setting usually... -
Visitors to the House of Memory: Identity and Political Education at the Jewish Museum Berlin by Victoria Bishop Kendzia 9781789208443
RRP: £23.95£19.49As one of the most visited museums in Germany’s capital city, the Jewish Museum Berlin is a key site for understanding not only German-Jewish history, but also German identity in an era of unprecedented ethnic and religious diversity. Visitors to the... -
The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Heritage in The Asia-Pacific by Kapila D. Silva 9780367569396
RRP: £43.99£38.44Taking both a retrospective and prospective view of the management of cultural heritage in the region, this volume argues that the plurality and complexity of heritage in the region cannot be comprehensively understood and effectively managed without a...