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The birth of the museum : history, theory, politics / Tony Bennett.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Culture: policy and politicsPublisher: London : Routledge, 1995Description: x, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415053870
  • 9780415053877
  • 0415053889
  • 9780415053884
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 069
Contents:
List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Formation of the Museum -- 2. The Exhibitionary Complex -- 3. The Political Rationality of the Museum -- 4. Museums and 'The People' -- 5. Out of Which Past? -- 6. Art and Theory: The Politics of the Invisible -- 7. Museums and Progress: Narrative, Ideology, Performance -- 8. The Shaping of Things to Come: Expo '88 -- 9. A Thousand and One Troubles: Blackpool Pleasure Beach -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 069 BEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A167291B

Portions of this book were previously published in journals and other collections of articles.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-269) and index.

List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Formation of the Museum -- 2. The Exhibitionary Complex -- 3. The Political Rationality of the Museum -- 4. Museums and 'The People' -- 5. Out of Which Past? -- 6. Art and Theory: The Politics of the Invisible -- 7. Museums and Progress: Narrative, Ideology, Performance -- 8. The Shaping of Things to Come: Expo '88 -- 9. A Thousand and One Troubles: Blackpool Pleasure Beach -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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