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Museums, Objects and Collections: A Cultural Study - Couverture souple

Pearce, Susan

 
9781560983309: Museums, Objects and Collections: A Cultural Study
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1560983302 ISBN 13 : 9781560983309
Editeur : Smithsonian Books, 1993

Synopsis

This book examines the historical context of museums, their collections, and the objects that form them. Susan M. Pearce probes the psychological and social reasons that people collect and identifies three modes of collecting: collecting as souvenirs, as fetishes, and as systematic assemblages. She considers how museum professionals set policies of collection management; acquire, study, and exhibit objects; and make meaning of the objects in their care. Pearce also explores the ideological relationship between museums and their collections and the intellectual and social relationships of museums to the public.

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À propos de l'auteur

Susan M. Pearce is professor of museum studies and director of the department of museum studies at the University of Leicester. She is the editor of Museum Studies in Material Culture (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992), and the author of Archaeological Curatorship (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990) and On Collecting (1995).

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Éditeur
Smithsonian Books
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1560983302
ISBN 13 
9781560983309
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
312
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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