Destination culture: tourism, museums, and heritage

This volume takes the reader on a journey from ethnological artifacts to kitsch. Posing the question, "What does it mean to show?", the author explores the agency of display in a variety of settings: museums, festivals, world's fairs, historical re-creations, memorials and tourist att...

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Main Author: Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara 1942- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley [u.a.] Univ. of California Press 1998
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Summary:This volume takes the reader on a journey from ethnological artifacts to kitsch. Posing the question, "What does it mean to show?", the author explores the agency of display in a variety of settings: museums, festivals, world's fairs, historical re-creations, memorials and tourist attractions. She talks about how objects - and people - are made to "perform" their meaning for us by the very fact of being collected and exhibited and about how specific techniques of display, not just the things shown, convey powerful messages.
Item Description:Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Physical Description:XVIII, 326 S. Ill.
ISBN:9780520209664
0520209664
0520204670

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