Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display

by Ivan Karp

Book Overview

Bringing together museum directors, curators, and scholars in art history, folklore, history, and anthropology, Exhibiting Cultures engages in debate over meaning and representation that have... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560980214
• ISBN13: 9781560980216
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Smithsonian Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Great book, great service

The book arrived in excellent condition. Kudos This item is highly recommended for those whose focus is representation on immaterial cultures in museums

exhibiting cultures

excellent compilation, although spencer r crew and james e sims' article 'locating authenticity: fragments of a dialogue' can be repetitive, it makes excellent points in the section 'some locations of authenticity'.