Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts

Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts provides acomprehensive interdisciplinary collection of approaches to museumsand their relation to history, culture, philosophy and theiradoring or combative publics. Brings together for the first time a wide array of texts thatmix contemporary analysis with historical documentationIncludes five sections that highlight central themes in museumstudies: issue-oriented contexts in museology; states of "nature";the status of nations; history, memory and other locations; andarts, crafts and visitorsAddresses the development of museums, the role of the museum insociety, and issues central to contemporary museum studiesOpens with an introductory essay that situates museum studiesin a truly interdisciplinary context and includes an opening essayfor each section that guides the reader through the selectionsIncludes a bibliography and list of resources devoted to museumstudies that makes the volume an authoritative guide on thesubject