A place that matters yet : John Gubbins's MuseumAfrica in the postcolonial world /

A Place That Matters Yet unearths the little-known story of Johannesburg's MuseumAfrica, a South African history museum that embodies one of the most dynamic and fraught stories of colonialism and postcolonialism, its life spanning the eras before, during, and after apartheid. Sara Byala, in ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Byala, Sara G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Temas:
Gubbins, John Gaspard, > 1877-1935.
Gubbins, John Gaspard, > 1877-1935
MuseuMAfricA (Johannesburg, South Africa) > History.
Africana Museum (Johannesburg, South Africa) > History.
Africana Museum (Johannesburg, South Africa)
MuseuMAfricA (Johannesburg, South Africa)
1900-1999
Anthropological museums and collections > South Africa > Johannesburg > History.
Anthropologie > Musées et collections > Afrique du Sud > Johannesburg > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Museum Administration & Museology.
REFERENCE > General.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
Anthropological museums and collections.
Education.
South Africa > Study and teaching > South Africa > Johannesburg > History > 20th century.
Johannesburg (South Africa) > History.
South Africa.
South Africa > Johannesburg.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Two worlds collide: John Gaspard Gubbins in South Africa, 1902-1924
  • The founding vision: John Gaspard Gubbins and the dream of a city's treasure, 1924-1935
  • Becoming "treasures and trash": The Africana Museum in the Johannesburg Public Library, 1935-1977
  • "Determined to be relevant": the museum reimagined, 1977-1994
  • On display and in storage: museums and archives in postapartheid South Africa
  • The enduring struggle: the utility of a colonial institution in the postcolonial world.

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