TY - BOOK
T1 - Companion to Museum Studies
AU - Macdonald, Sharon
N1 - Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2007 Award Greek translation due Spring 2011
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - A Companion to Museum Studies captures the multidisciplinary approach to the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in contemporary society. * Collects first-rate original essays by leading figures from a range of disciplines and theoretical stances, including anthropology, art history, history, literature, sociology, cultural studies, and museum studies. * Examines the complexity of the museum from cultural, political, curatorial, historical and representational perspectives. * Covers traditional subjects, such as space, display, buildings, objects and collecting, and more contemporary challenges such as visiting, commerce, community and experimental exhibition forms.
AB - A Companion to Museum Studies captures the multidisciplinary approach to the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in contemporary society. * Collects first-rate original essays by leading figures from a range of disciplines and theoretical stances, including anthropology, art history, history, literature, sociology, cultural studies, and museum studies. * Examines the complexity of the museum from cultural, political, curatorial, historical and representational perspectives. * Covers traditional subjects, such as space, display, buildings, objects and collecting, and more contemporary challenges such as visiting, commerce, community and experimental exhibition forms.
M3 - Anthology
SN - 1-4051-0839-8
T3 - Companions in Cultural Studies
BT - Companion to Museum Studies
PB - Basil Blackwell Ltd
CY - Malden, USA; Oxford, UK; Victoria, Canada
ER -