Museums, media and cultural theory / Michelle Henning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henning, Michelle.

Series:

Issues in cultural and media studies.

Issues in cultural and media studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums--Educational aspects.

Museums.

Museums--Public relations.

Museum exhibits.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 183 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead, England ; New York : Open University Press, 2006.

Summary:

Museums can work to reproduce ideologies and confirm the existing order of things, or as instruments of social reform. Yet objects in museums can exceed their designated roles as documents or specimens. In this wideranging and original book, Michelle Henning explores how historical and contemporary museums and exhibitions restage the relationship between people and material things. In doing so, they become important sites for the development of new forms of experience, memory and knowledge. Henning reveals how museums can be theorised as a form of media. She discusses both historical and conte

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Glossary; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-174) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-95401-9

9786610954018

0-335-22575-6

OCLC:

437177407