Liberating Culture: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Museums, Curation and Heritage Preservation (Museum Meanings) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Liberating Culture: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Museums, Curation and Heritage Preservation (Museum Meanings) Book

Using examples of indigenous models from Indonesia, the Pacific, Africa and native North America, Christina Kreps illustrates how the growing recognition of indigenous curation and concepts of cultural heritage preservation is transforming conventional museum practice.Liberating Culture explores the similarities and differences between Western and non-Western approaches to objects, museums, and curation, revealing how what is culturally appropriate in one context may not be in another. For those studying museum culture across the world, this book is essential reading.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    Using international examples, the author shows that most societies preserve objects of special value and meaning, though they may not be easily recognizable as museums to an outsider. Christina Kreps advocates the liberation of culture from the...

  • 0415250269
  • 9780415250269
  • Christina Kreps
  • 23 January 2003
  • Routledge
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 176
  • 1
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