Defining the Modern Museum: A Case Study of the Challenges of Exchange

Lianne McTavish

Published by University of Toronto Press 2012

Defining the Modern Museum

A Case Study of the Challenges of Exchange

Lianne McTavish

In the series Cultural Spaces

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442660540

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About this book

Shedding light on many topics of current interest, especially the commodification and globalization of museums, this study makes a lively contribution to museum studies and cultural studies.

Author / Editor information

McTavish Lianne :

Lianne McTavish is a professor in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Alberta.

Reviews

Davina M. DesRoches:

‘McTavish’s case study is a welcome addition to the literature on museums and museological theory, and will be of particular interest to scholars and students interested in gender, regional identity, and visual art.’

Paul Robertson:

‘Defining the Modern Museum offers a new way to think about museums by emphasizing their interrelationships and relationships with other institutions…This book is recommended for historians of critical museum theory as well as for curators and historians exploring the narratives of their own institutions.’

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction: The Impossible Museum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter One. Exchanging Values in the Nineteenth- Century Museum Marketplace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
Chapter Two. Learning to See: Vision, Visuality, and Material Culture, 1862–1929 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
Chapter Three. Offering Orientalism: Women and the Gift Economy of the Museum, 1880–1940 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Chapter Four. Libraries and Museums: Shifting Relationships, 1830–1940 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Chapter Five. Gendered Professionals: Debating the Ideal Museum Worker during the 1930s and 1940s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 240
Illustrations
- Other: 14 illustrations
Keywords: DISCOUNT-B

eBook

Published: March 28, 2013
ISBN: 9781442660540