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1 online resource (288 pages) |
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New directions in anthropology
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New directions in anthropology.
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Introduction : Science, magic and religion : the ritual processes of museum magic / Mary Bouquet and Nuno Porto -- Memorialising the future : the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester / Penelope Harvey -- Unwrapping mummies and telling their stories : Egyptian mummies in museum rhetoric / Anna Wieczorkiewicz -- Congo-vision / Barbara Saunders -- The scourge of Chief Kansabala : the ritual life of two Congolese masterpieces at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (1884-2001) / Boris Wastiau -- Paradise in the making at Artis Zoo, Amsterdam / Natasha Silva -- The natural magic of Monte San Giovanni : authority, authenticity and ritual in Sardinia / Tracey Heatherington -- The performance of heritage in a reconstructed, post-apartheid museum in Namibia / Ian Fairweather -- Haunted art : visiting an exhibit in Weimar / Barbara Wolbert -- Enchantment and its dilemmas : the museum as a ritual site / Sharon Macdonald. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
For some time now, museums have been recognized as important institutions of western cultural and social life. The idea of the museum as a ritual site is fairly new and has been applied to the art museums in Europe and the United States so far. This volume expands it by exploring a range of contemporary museums in Europe and Africa. The case studies examine the different ways in which various actors involved in cultural production dramatize and ritualize such sites. It turns out that not only museum specialists, but visitors themselves are engaged in complex performances and experiences that make use of museums in often unexpected ways. |
| Local Note |
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Museum exhibits.
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Museum theater.
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Historic sites.
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Museum techniques.
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Rites and ceremonies -- Exhibitions.
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Ritual -- Exhibitions.
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Performing arts -- Exhibitions.
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Cultural property -- Protection.
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museology. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Museum Administration & Museology. |
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REFERENCE -- General. |
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TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest. |
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ART / Museum Studies |
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Cultural property -- Protection. |
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Historic sites. |
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Museum exhibits. |
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Museum techniques. |
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Museum theater. |
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Performing arts. |
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Rites and ceremonies. |
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Ritual. |
| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Bouquet, Mary, 1955-
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Porto, Nuno.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bouquet, Mary. Science, Magic and Religion : The Ritual Processes of Museum Magic. New York, NY : Berghahn Books, ©2004 |
| ISBN |
9781782387121 (PDF) |
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1782387129 (PDF) |
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9781571815200 (print) |
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1571815201 |
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