Translating museums : a counterhistory of South Asian museology / Shaila Bhatti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bhatti, Shaila, 1975- author.

Series:

Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage ; v. 9.

Critical cultural heritage series / UCL Institute of Archaeology Publications ; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lahore Museum (Pakistan).

Museum techniques--Pakistan.

Museum techniques.

Museums--Pakistan--Philosophy.

Museums.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Shaila Bhatti's immersive study of the Lahore Museum in Pakistan is one of the first books to offer an in-depth historical and ethnographic analysis of a South Asian museum. Bhatti thus presents an alternative example of visitor experience and museum practice to that of the West, which has been the dominant museological model to date. This examination of the Lahore Museum's objects, staff, and visitors (past and present) provides an informative case study that reveals local perceptions and uses of museums in non-Western societies to be fraught with social, political, and cultural implicat

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Note on Translation and Transliteration; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Museums in Translation: The Birth of the Museum in Colonial India; 2. Colonial Mementos to Postcolonial Imaginings: The Transformation of the Lahore Museum; 3. Museum Archons: The Habitual Discourse of the Lahore Museum; 4. Visiting the Museum: Curiosity about the Ajaib Ghar; 5. Nokta Nazar of the Lahore Museum's 'Audience'; Epilogue; Glossary; Notes; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

First published 2012 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-41643-3

1-315-41644-1

1-315-41645-X

1-61132-146-8

9781315416458

OCLC:

798535920