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1 online resource (249 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Notes on Editors and Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Introduction: Challenges and Directions in an Emerging Field of Research; Part I: Local Representations of Modernity; 1 Collecting the Nation: Lexicography and National Pedagogy in al-nahda al-'arabiyya; 2 Between Looters and Private Collectors: The Tragic Fate of Lebanese Antiquities; 3 Tawfik Canaan -- Collectionneur par excellence: The Story Behind the Palestinian Amulet Collection at Birzeit University; Part II: Collecting Practices, Historiographic Practices. |
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4 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Collector, Dealer and Academic in the Informal Old-Paper Markets of Cairo5 The Reform of History School Textbooks in Lebanon: Collecting Conflict Memories in a Peace-Building Process (1996-2001); 6 The Beit Beirut Project: Heritage Practices and the Barakat Building; Part III: From Institutional to Artistic Practices of Collecting; 7 The Formation of the Khalid Shoman Private Collection and the Founding of Darat al Funun; 8 The Ecstasy of Property: Collecting in the United Arab Emirates; 9 Collecting Modern Iraqi Art. |
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10 Collecting the Uncanny and the Labour of MissingIndex. |
| Summary |
This unique book is the first to explore collecting practices in archives and museums in the modern Arab Middle East, featuring case studies of collecting practices in countries ranging from Egypt and Lebanon to Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, and the Gulf, and providing a theoretical and methodological basis for future research. The book will be of great interest not only to scholars and students of the modern Arab world but also to professionals in museums and collections in the region, as well as around the world. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Archives -- Collection management -- Arab countries.
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Archives -- Collection management. |
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Arab countries. |
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Archives -- Processing -- Arab countries.
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Archives -- Processing. |
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Museums -- Collection management -- Arab countries.
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Museums -- Collection management. |
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Museum techniques -- Arab countries.
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Museum techniques. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Schwartz, John Pedro.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mejcher-Atassi, Sonja. Archives, Museums and Collecting Practices in the Modern Arab World. Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, ©2012 9781409446163 |
| ISBN |
9781409446170 (electronic book) |
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1409446174 (electronic book) |
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1409446166 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781409446163 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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