Artifacts and allegiances : how museums put the nation and the world on display / Peggy Levitt.

Main entry:

Levitt, Peggy, 1957- author.

Title & Author:

Artifacts and allegiances : how museums put the nation and the world on display / Peggy Levitt.

Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
©2015

Description:

x, 244 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-217) and index.
The bog and the beast: the view of the nation and the world from Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Gothenburg -- The legislator and the priest: cosmopolitan nationalism in Boston and New York -- Arabia and the east: how Singapore and Doha display the nation and the world.

Summary:

"What can we learn about nationalism by looking at a country's cultural institutions? How do the history and culture of particular cities help explain how museums represent diversity? Artifacts and Allegiances takes us around the world to tell the compelling story of how museums today are making sense of immigration and globalization. Based on firsthand conversations with museum directors, curators, and policymakers; descriptions of current and future exhibitions; and the inside stories about the famous paintings and iconic objects that define collections across the globe, this work provides a close-up view of how different kinds of institutions balance nationalism and cosmpolitanism. By comparing museums in Europe, the United States, Asia, and the Middle East, Peggy Levitt offers a fresh perspective on the role of the museum in shaping citizens. Taken together, these accounts tell the fascinating story of a sea change underway in the museum world at large"--Provided by publisher.

Resources:
Full-text

ISBN:

9780520286061 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0520286065 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780520286078 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0520286073 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
(ebook)
9780520961456
(ebook)
0520961455

Subject:

Museums Social aspects.
Museums and community.
Musées Aspect social.
Relations musée-collectivité.
20.13 art exhibitions.
Kulturpolitik
Museumspolitik
Sachkultur
Nationalismus
Vergleichende Forschung
Museer sociala aspekter.
Nationalism.
Kosmopolitism.
Europa
Katar
Singapur
USA

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292952
Call No.: BIB 237529
Status: Available

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