Museum Studies

<i>Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts</i> provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary collection of approaches to museums and their relation to history, culture, philosophy and their adoring or combative publics. <ul> <li>Brings together for the first time a wide array of texts that mix contemporary analysis with historical documentation</li> <li>Includes five sections that highlight central themes in museum studies: issue-oriented contexts in museology; states of “nature”; the status of nations; history, memory and other locations; and arts, crafts and visitors</li> <li>Addresses the development of museums, the role of the museum in society, and issues central to contemporary museum studies</li> <li>Opens with an introductory essay that situates museum studies in a truly interdisciplinary context and includes an opening essay for each section that guides the reader through the selections</li> <li>Includes a bibliography and list of resources devoted to museum studies that makes the volume an authoritative guide on the subject</li> </ul>