Women and Museums, 1850-1914: Modernity and the Gendering of Knowledge

by Kate Hill

Book Overview

This book recovers the significant contribution made by women to museums, not just in obvious roles such as workers, but also as donors, visitors, volunteers and patrons. It suggests that women persistently acted to domesticate the museum, by importing domestic objects and domestic regimes of value, as well as by making museums more welcoming to children, and even by stressing the importance of housekeeping at the museum. At the same time, women...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526136678
• ISBN13: 9781526136671
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"