Museum Studies in Context by Bettina Messias Carbonell
Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary collection of approaches to museums and their relation to history, culture, philosophy and their adoring or combative publics. aeo Brings together for the first time a wide array of texts that mix contemporary analysis with historical documentation.
Combining important historical texts, classic critical analyses, and current commentary on the museum, this anthology is a unique resource for Museum StudiesIt is especially useful in assembling sophisticated discussions of many kinds of institutions, including museums of art, history, anthropology, and natural history. Bruce Altshuler, New York University The rich diversity of contexts and commentaries in this collection reveals the fascination of the museum not only for curators and museologists, but also for anthropologists, architects, politicians, historians, critics, and poets. The breadth of the survey is a timely reminder that the condition of our museums is -- and has always been -- a barometer of social attitudes and change. Helen Rees Leahy, University of Manchester
Bettina Messias Carbonell has recently joined the faculty of the Department of English, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. Prior to this she taught interdisciplinary seminars in visual cultures, museum studies, American studies, aesthetics, and ethics at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. She also taught in the Graduate Program in American Studies / Museum and Communities concentration at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780631228301 |
| ISBN 10 | 0631228306 |
| Title | Museum Studies in Context |
| Author | Bettina Messias Carbonell |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-09-03 |
| Number of pages | 680 |
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