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Destination Culture: Tourism, Museums, and Heritage
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
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Description for Destination Culture: Tourism, Museums, and Heritage
Paperback. Takes the reader on a journey from ethnological artifacts to kitsch. Posing the question, 'What does it mean to show?' this title explores the agency of display in a variety of settings: museums, festivals, world's fairs, historical re-creations, memorials, and tourist attractions. Num Pages: 311 pages, 98 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: GM; JFC; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 952.
"Destination Culture" takes the reader on an eye-opening journey from ethnological artifacts to kitsch. Posing the question, 'What does it mean to show?' Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett 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. Her engaging analysis shows how museums compete with tourism in the production of 'heritage'. ... Read more
"Destination Culture" takes the reader on an eye-opening journey from ethnological artifacts to kitsch. Posing the question, 'What does it mean to show?' Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett 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. Her engaging analysis shows how museums compete with tourism in the production of 'heritage'. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
311
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520209664
SKU
V9780520209664
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About Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett is Professor of Performance Studies and of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University.
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