ISBN:
0812241908
,
9780812241907
,
9780812221558
Language:
English
Pages:
262 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
Series Statement:
The arts and intellectual life in modern America
DDC:
069.0973/0904
Keywords:
Museums History 20th century
;
Museum exhibits History 20th century
;
Museums Collection management 20th century
;
History
;
Cultural property History 20th century
;
Art objects History 20th century
;
Museums Political aspects 20th century
;
History
;
Museums Social aspects 20th century
;
History
;
Museums History
;
20th century
;
United States
;
Museum exhibits History
;
20th century
;
United States
;
Museums Collection management
;
History
;
20th century
;
United States
;
Cultural property History
;
20th century
;
United States
;
Art objects History
;
20th century
;
United States
;
Museums Political aspects
;
History
;
20th century
;
United States
;
Museums Social aspects
;
History
;
20th century
;
United States
;
USA
;
Museum
;
Soziale Funktion
Abstract:
Introduction: Thinking about museums -- Do museums need objects anymore? -- Objects of culture and cultural objects -- Where is the East? -- Where have all the grown-ups gone? -- The birth and the death of a museum -- Museums, public space, and civic identity
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Thinking about museums -- Do museums still need objects? -- Whose objects? Whose culture? The contexts of repatriation -- Where is the East? -- Where have all the grown-ups gone? -- The birth and the death of a museum -- Museums, public space, and civic identity.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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