Sharon (Hrsg.) Macdonald

The Politics of Display

Museums, Science, Culture

Buch

The Politics of Display brings together studies of contemporary and historical museum shows and challenges the notion that these exhibitions are politically exempt. For example, what does it mean when the Enola Gay, the aircraft which dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima, is displayed? The contributors to this volume chart the changing relationship between displays and their audience and analyzes the consequent shift in styles of representation towards interactive and multimedia displays. Examples are taken from exhibitions of science, technology and industry, anthropology, geology, natural history and medicine. Contributors include Steven W. Al… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-415-15325-6
EAN: 9780415153256
Produktnummer: 2354744
Verlag: Taylor and Francis
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
Seitenangabe: 264 S.
Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm 650 g
Abbildungen: Farb., s/w. Abb.
Gewicht: 650

Über den Autor

Sharon Macdonald is lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Sheffield. She is author of Remaining Culture (1997), editor of Inside Identities (1993) and co-editor of Theorizing Museums (1996) and The Sociological Review.