Museums and the Making of Ourselves: The Role of Objects in National Identity - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0718500393 ISBN 13: 9780718500399

Publisher: Frances Pinter Publishers Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

Using an historical perspective, whilst also putting forward modern viewpoints, this volume explores the relationship between art and material culture. It presents case studies of some of the ways in which national cultural haeritage was and still is being created and moulded into collective views of the state, its regions, municipalities, constituent groups and values. Museums are analyzed as social institutions that act as powerful forces in the forging of self-consciousness, both within specific historical contexts, and as part of the political process of democritization. This volume also chronicles the ways in which collections have played important roles in creating national identity and in promoting national agendas. Collectively, these essays form a study for anyone interested in the relationship between cultural heritage and the creation of nation states and national identity.

Edition details

• Publisher: Frances Pinter Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718500393
• ISBN 13: 9780718500399
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Kaplan Flora E.S.