Imagined Museums: Art and Modernity in Postcolonial Morocco

by Katarzyna Pieprzak

Book Overview

Imagined Museums examines the intertwined politics surrounding art and modernization in Morocco from 1912 to the present by considering the structure of the museum not only as a modern institution but also as a national monument to modernity, asking what happens when museum monuments start to crumble. In an analysis of museum history, exhibition policy, the lack of national museum space for modern art, and postmodern exhibit spaces in Morocco,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816665192
• ISBN13: 9780816665198
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"