Museums, Prejudice and the Reframing of Difference.
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TextUtgivningsuppgift: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2006Datum för upphovsrätt: ©2007Utgåva: 1st edBeskrivning: 1 online resource (241 pages)Innehållstyp: - text
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- 9780203020036
- 069.5
BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1 MUSEUMS AND THE GOOD SOCIETY -- 2 ON PREJUDICE -- 3 PURPOSE, MEDIA AND MESSAGE: THE ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS LIFE AND ART AND THE ANNE FRANK HOUSE -- 4 THE VISITOR-EXHIBITION ENCOUNTER: RECONCILING AND RETHINKING MUSEUM-AUDIENCE AGENCY -- 5 MUSEUMS IN THE MEDIASCAPE -- 6 DISPLAYING DIFFERENCE: REVEALING AND INTERPRETING THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF DISABILITY -- 7 (RE)FRAMING CONVERSATIONS -- APPENDIX 1: INVESTIGATING VISITOR RESPONSES: NOTES ON METHODOLOGY, RESEARCH DESIGN AND DATA SOURCES -- APPENDIX 2: BURIED IN THE FOOTNOTES: THE REPRESENTATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE IN MUSEUM AND GALLERY COLLECTIONS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
This book draws on in-depth case studies and an array of international examples presenting a highly original contribution of the significant role that museums can play in confronting prejudice and cross-cultural understanding.
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