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Museum Objects: Experiencing the Properties of Things
Sandra (Ed) Dudley
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Description for Museum Objects: Experiencing the Properties of Things
Paperback. "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso. Editor(s): Dudley, Sandra H. Series: Leicester Readers in Museum Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: GM; JFCD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 174 x 246 x 24. Weight in Grams: 776.
Museum Objects provides a set of readings that together create a distinctive emphasis and perspective on the objects which lie at the heart of interpretive practice in museums, material culture studies and everyday life. This reader brings together classic and up to date texts on the nature and definition of the object itself, the senses and embodied experience of objects. No other volume brings together such perspectives in this way, and no other volume includes such a focus on the museum context. Museum Objects incorporates both theorised and ... Read more
Museum Objects provides a set of readings that together create a distinctive emphasis and perspective on the objects which lie at the heart of interpretive practice in museums, material culture studies and everyday life. This reader brings together classic and up to date texts on the nature and definition of the object itself, the senses and embodied experience of objects. No other volume brings together such perspectives in this way, and no other volume includes such a focus on the museum context. Museum Objects incorporates both theorised and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Leicester Readers in Museum Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415581783
SKU
V9780415581783
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Reviews for Museum Objects: Experiencing the Properties of Things
Although aimed at students of museum studies, this excellent collection can serve equally well as an introduction to contemporary topics in material culture or any field concerned with objects and the way they affect us. - Fabio R. Gygi, SOAS, University of London The articles are well-balanced , the text is easy to ... Read more