Format:
XVIII, 326 S. :
,
Ill.
ISBN:
978-0-520-20966-4
,
0-520-20966-4
,
0-520-20467-0
Content:
This volume takes the reader on a journey from ethnological artifacts to kitsch. Posing the question, "What does it mean to show?", the author explores the agency of display in a variety of settings: museums, festivals, world's fairs, historical re-creations, memorials and tourist attractions. She talks about how objects - and people - are made to "perform" their meaning for us by the very fact of being collected and exhibited and about how specific techniques of display, not just the things shown, convey powerful messages.
Note:
Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
,
English Studies
,
Sociology
Keywords:
Ethnologisches Museum
;
Ethnologie
;
Sammlung
;
Ethnologie
;
Tourismusindustrie
;
Ferntourismus
;
Volkskundemuseum
;
Ausstellungskatalog
;
Ausstellungskatalog
;
Ausstellungskatalog
URL:
Contributor biographical information
URL:
Publisher description
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b7e4-aa
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal041/96052399.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal051/96052399.html
URL:
Contributor biographical information
URL:
Publisher description
URL:
Contributor biographical information
URL:
Publisher description
URL:
http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520209664
Author information:
Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara 1942-
Bookmarklink
