Sharon MacDonald

Gebundenes Buch

A Companion to Museum Studies

Beschreibung

A Companion to Museum Studies captures a fresh, multi-disciplinary approach to the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in contemporary society. Expanding museum studies and presenting a wide range of theoretical perspectives, the volume brings together authoritative original essays by leading figures from disciplines including anthropology, art history, history, literature, sociology, and cultural studies, as well as museum studies. The book examines the complexity of the museum from cultural, political governance, curatorial, historical, and representational perspectives. From traditional subjects, including space, display, buildings, and collecting, to more contemporary challenges and concerns, such as visiting, commerce, community, and experimental exhibition forms, this Companion proves itself an indispensable reference for art historians, museum curators, and art and culture lovers.

Autor

Sharon Macdonald is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. Her books include Theorizing Museums (edited with Gordon Fyfe, Blackwell 1996), Reimagining Culture (1997), The Politics of Display (ed., 1998), Behind the Scenes at the Science Museum (2002), and Exhibition Experiments (edited with Paul Basu, Blackwell 2007).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 175mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1288g
• ISBN-13: 9781405108393
• ISBN-10: 1405108398
• Artikelnr.: 21287979

Rezensionen

"This account captures a fresh, multi-disciplinary approach to thestudy of the development, roles, and significance of museums in oursociety. It expands museum studies and presents a wide range oftheoretical perspectives. The essays examine the complexity of themuseum from cultural, political governance, curatorial, historical,and representational perspectives, Sharon Macdonald is the authorand Professor of Social Anthropology at the University ofManchester." (Neopoprealism Journal, 24 November 2011)

"The collection is not primarily a compendium of the workof ethnographers. The group of scholars Macdonald brought togetherreflects the current makeup of museum studies as aninterdisciplinary endeavor." (Museum Anthropology,April

2009)

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for2007

"Required reading for museum professionals and scholars inmuseum studies, art and cultural history, sociology of art, andanthropology ... The text is rich in information and diverse inperspectives; it both introduces and complicates in an intriguingand necessary way what we 'know' about museums ... Essential."(Choice)

"This is a wonderfully comprehensive collection of essays,offering diverse perspectives, covering all aspects of the museumprofession, and addressing contemporary and historical discourse... It really is the best compendium I've read inyears." (Museums Australia)"No one is better qualified than Sharon Macdonald to createthis definitive companion to museum studies. The field has not onlycome of age but has also burgeoned in all directions. How wise thento capture the vibrancy of its interdisciplinarity by assemblingthe work of a veritable who's who of museum studies. Eachvoice is at once distinct and in dialogue and debate with others. Avital text for the field."
-Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, New YorkUniversity

"A Companion to Museum Studies is an indispensableguide to what has come to be called 'the NewMuseology.' This set of papers by some of the mostdistinguished scholars of museums examines museums, displays andexhibits from the perspectives of different disciplines. No oneattempting to study or teach about museums will be able to dowithout this aptly named Companion. It will be both guideand landmark in museum studies for years to come."
-Ivan Karp, Emory University