Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts, Second Edition by Carbonell, Bettina Messias
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Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts, Second Edition by Carbonell, Bettina Messias

Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts, Second Edition

Wiley-Blackwell
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Updated to reflect the latest developments in twenty-first century museum scholarship, the new Second Edition of Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts presents a comprehensive collection of approaches to museums and their relation to history, culture and philosophy.
  • Unique in its deep range of historical sources and by its inclusion of primary texts by museum makers
  • Places current praxis and theory in its broader and deeper historical context with the collection of primary and secondary sources spanning more than 200 years
  • Features the latest developments in museum scholarship concerning issues of inclusion and exclusion, repatriation, indigenous models of collection and display, museums in an age of globalization, visitor studies and interactive technologies
  • Includes a new section on relationships, interactions, and responsibilities
  • Offers an updated bibliography and list of resources devoted to museum studies that makes the volume an authoritative guide on the subject
  • New entries by Victoria E. M. Cain, Neil G.W. Curtis, Catherine Ingraham, Gwyneira Isaac, Robert R. Janes, Sean Kingston, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Sharon J. Macdonald, Saloni Mathur, Gerald McMaster, Sidney Moko Mead, Donald Preziosi, Karen A. Rader, Richard Sandell, Roger I. Simon, Crain Soudien, Paul Tapsell, Stephen E. Weil, Paul Williams, and Andrea Witcomb


Author: Bettina Messias Carbonell
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 03/23/2012
Pages: 688
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.50lbs
Size: 9.60h x 7.40w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9781405173810
ISBN10: 1405173815
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Museum Administration and Museology

About the Author

Bettina Messias Carbonell is Associate Professor of English and Program Coordinator for the interdisciplinary Humanities and Justice major at John Jay College, City University of New York. Her publications and current research focus on ethics, aesthetics, and the representation of history in literary texts and in museums.