The Politics of Museums

The Politics of Museums
Author :
Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 322
Release :
ISBN-13 : 9781137493415
ISBN-10 : 1137493410
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Politics of Museums by : Clive Gray

Download or read book The Politics of Museums written by Clive Gray and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to examine how and why museums are political institutions. By concentrating on the ways in which power, ideology and legitimacy work at the international, national and local levels of the museum experience, Clive Gray provides an original analysis of who exercises power and how power is used in museums.


The Politics of Museums Related Books

The Politics of Museums
Language: en
Pages: 322
Authors: Clive Gray
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09-15 - Publisher: Springer

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This is the first book to examine how and why museums are political institutions. By concentrating on the ways in which power, ideology and legitimacy work at t
Exhibiting the Past
Language: en
Pages: 362
Authors: Kirk A. Denton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-31 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

During the Mao era, China’s museums served an explicit and uniform propaganda function, underlining official Party history, eulogizing revolutionary heroes, a
Museum Politics
Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: Timothy W. Luke
Categories: Culture conflict
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Museums and Communities
Language: en
Pages: 625
Authors: Ivan Karp
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-09-03 - Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Contributors to this volume examine and illustrate struggles and collaborations among museums, festivals, tourism, and historic preservation projects and the co
The Political Museum
Language: en
Pages: 432
Authors: Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-12-01 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This engaging volume reveals how politics permeates all facets of museum practice, particularly in regions of political conflict. In these settings, museums can