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The art of minorities : cultural representation in museums of the Middle East and North Africa /
"Explores the representation of minority cultures in museums of the Middle East and North Africa. How are issues related to identity representation negotiated in Middle Eastern and North African museums? Can museums provide a suitable canvas for minorities to express their voice? Can narrative...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2020]
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| Colección: | Alternative histories.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Explores the representation of minority cultures in museums of the Middle East and North Africa. How are issues related to identity representation negotiated in Middle Eastern and North African museums? Can museums provide a suitable canvas for minorities to express their voice? Can narratives change and stereotypes be broken and, if so, what kind of identities are being deployed? Against the backdrop of the revolutionary upheavals that have shaken the region in recent years, the contributors to this volume interrogate a range of case studies from across the region -- examining how museums engage inclusion, diversity and the politics of minority identities. They bring to the fore the region's diversity and sketches a 'museology of disaster' in which minoritised political subjects regain visibility"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 313 pages) : illustrations, plan |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781474443784 1474443788 9781474443791 1474443796 |