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Curating empire

Museums and the British imperial experience
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
256 Seiten
Englisch
Manchester University Presserschienen am18.05.2016
Curating empire explores the diverse roles played by museums and their curators in moulding and representing the British imperial experience. This collection demonstrates how individuals, their curatorial practices, and intellectual and political agendas influenced the development of a variety of museums across the globe.mehr
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KlappentextCurating empire explores the diverse roles played by museums and their curators in moulding and representing the British imperial experience. This collection demonstrates how individuals, their curatorial practices, and intellectual and political agendas influenced the development of a variety of museums across the globe.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-78499-346-7
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2016
Erscheinungsdatum18.05.2016
Seiten256 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 156 mm, Höhe 234 mm, Dicke 15 mm
Gewicht442 g
Artikel-Nr.36856110
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GenreKunst/Architektur

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Inhaltsverzeichnis
General editor´s introductionIntroduction: Curating empire: Museums and the British imperial experience - Sarah Longair and John McAleer1. The case of Thomas Baines, curator-explorer extraordinaire, and the display of Africa in nineteenth-century Norfolk -John McAleer2. Visiting the Empire at the provincial museum, 1900-50 - Claire Wintle3. Carving out a place in the Better Britain of the South Pacific: Maori in New Zealand museums and exhibitions - Conal McCarthy4. Curiosities or science in the National Museum of Victoria: Procurement networks and the purpose of a museum - Gareth Knapman5. Narrative as history, image as memory: Exhibiting the Great War in Australia, 1917-41-Jennifer Wellington6. The lady curator´s style´: Negotiating curatorial challenges in the Zanzibar Museum -Sarah Longair7. A Museum for Sierra Leone? Amateur enthusiasms and colonial museum policy in British West Africa - Paul Basu8. Edgar Thurston at the Madras Museum (1885-1909): The multiple careers of a colonial museum curator - Savithri Preetha Nair9. Sir William Gregory and the origins and foundation of the Colombo Museum - Philip McEvansoneya10. Tipu´s Tiger and images of India in British museums, 1799-2009 - Sadiah Qureshi Afterword: Objects, empire and museums - Sarah Longair and John McAleerIndexmehr

Autor

John McAleer is Curator of Eighteenth-Century Imperial and Maritime History at the National Maritime Museum, GreenwichSarah Longair is Education Manager at the British Museum and was awarded her PhD from Birkbeck, University of London in 2012

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