UID:
almafu_9959235197502883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 343 pages) :
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illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-283-70917-1
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1-282-77843-9
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1-134-83038-6
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9786612778438
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0-203-42827-7
Series Statement:
Leicester readers in museum studies
Content:
This volume brings together for the first time the most significant papers on the interpretation of objects and collections and examines how people relate to material culture and why they collect things. The first section of the book discusses the interpretation of objects, setting the philosophical and historical context of object interpretation. Papers are included which discuss objects variously as historical documents, functioning material, and as semiotic texts, as well as those which examine the politics of objects and the methodology of object study.The second section,
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-11289-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-11288-5
Language:
English
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