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Collectors: Expressions of self and other (Contributions in critical museology and material culture)

Anthony Shelton

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Description:Objects and collections share the capacity to possess many meanings. Meanings are both historically and culturally constituted, and rest on the socially generated and shifting public consensus that constructs a hierarchy of values; one which finds its most cogent expression in sumptuary, exotic or rare manufactures.These essays explore the specific and changing motivations underlying the collection of ethnographic and oriental objects during the 19th and 20th centuries.They provide particular examples of how museums superimpose their own meanings and classifications on objects that once held entirely different values for the people who collected or made them. The contributors draw on the rich legacy of ethnographic collections found in museums throughout the UK and elsewhere.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Collectors: Expressions of self and other (Contributions in critical museology and material culture). To get started finding Collectors: Expressions of self and other (Contributions in critical museology and material culture), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 250

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Horniman Museum Publications

Release: 2001

ISBN: 0951814176

Description: Objects and collections share the capacity to possess many meanings. Meanings are both historically and culturally constituted, and rest on the socially generated and shifting public consensus that constructs a hierarchy of values; one which finds its most cogent expression in sumptuary, exotic or rare manufactures.These essays explore the specific and changing motivations underlying the collection of ethnographic and oriental objects during the 19th and 20th centuries.They provide particular examples of how museums superimpose their own meanings and classifications on objects that once held entirely different values for the people who collected or made them. The contributors draw on the rich legacy of ethnographic collections found in museums throughout the UK and elsewhere.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Collectors: Expressions of self and other (Contributions in critical museology and material culture). To get started finding Collectors: Expressions of self and other (Contributions in critical museology and material culture), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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