Museums and Biographies: Stories, Objects, Identities
Kate Hill
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Description for Museums and Biographies: Stories, Objects, Identities
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Essays exploring the relationship between museums and biographies, with worldwide examples and from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Museums and biographies both tell the stories of lives. This innovative collection examines for the first time biography - of individuals, objects and institutions - in relationship to the museum, casting new light on the many facets of museum history and theory, from the lives of prominent curators, to the context of museums of biography and autobiography. Separate sections cover individual biography and museum history, problematising individual biographies, institutional biographies, object biographies, and museums as biographies/autobiographies. ... Read more
Essays exploring the relationship between museums and biographies, with worldwide examples and from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Museums and biographies both tell the stories of lives. This innovative collection examines for the first time biography - of individuals, objects and institutions - in relationship to the museum, casting new light on the many facets of museum history and theory, from the lives of prominent curators, to the context of museums of biography and autobiography. Separate sections cover individual biography and museum history, problematising individual biographies, institutional biographies, object biographies, and museums as biographies/autobiographies. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843837275
SKU
V9781843837275
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Ref
99-50
Reviews for Museums and Biographies: Stories, Objects, Identities
[D]eeply engaging and accessible, providing unique and varied snapshots into the lives and histories of museums and of those associated with them, while at the same time asking deep questions of agency, knowledge, affect, narrative, object, and self.
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For the academic historian new to the debate on what makes history in museums, the variety of content, particularly ... Read more
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For the academic historian new to the debate on what makes history in museums, the variety of content, particularly ... Read more