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  Exhibiting Cultures: Poetics and Politics of Museum Display (Paperback) Edited by Ivan Karp, Edited by Steven D. Lavine, By (author) Ivan Karp

  

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  Short Description for Exhibiting CulturesDebating the practices of museums, galleries, and festivals, "Exhibiting Cultures" probes the often politically charged relationships among aesthetics, contexts, and implicit assumptions that govern how art and artifacts are displayed and understood. The contributors--museum directors, curators, and scholars in art history, folklore, history, and anthropology--represent a variety of stances on the...
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  • Publisher: Smithsonian Books
  • Published: 01 July 1991
  • Format: Paperback 480 pages
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  • Categories: General | Art History | Individual Architects & Architectural Firms | Poetry By Individual Poets | Museums & Museology
  • ISBN 13: 9781560980216 ISBN 10: 1560980214
  • Sales rank: 103,991

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Full description for Exhibiting Cultures

• Debating the practices of museums, galleries, and festivals, "Exhibiting Cultures" probes the often politically charged relationships among aesthetics, contexts, and implicit assumptions that govern how art and artifacts are displayed and understood. The contributors--museum directors, curators, and scholars in art history, folklore, history, and anthropology--represent a variety of stances on the role of museums and their function as intermediaries between the makers of art or artifacts and the eventual viewers.