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Women and museums, 1850–1914: Modernity and the gendering of knowledge by Pamela Sharpe, Penny Summerfield, Lynn Abrams, Cordelia Beattie, Kate Hill is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Women and museums, 1850–1914: Modernity and the gendering of knowledge about?

This book recovers the significant contribution made by women to museums, not just in obvious roles such as workers, but also as donors, visitors, volunteers and patrons. It suggests that women persistently acted to domesticate the museum, by importing domestic objects and domestic regimes of value, as well as by making museums more welcoming to children, and even by stressing the importance of housekeeping at the museum. At the same time, women sought 'masculine' careers in science and curatorship, but found such aspirations hard to achieve; their contribution tended to be kept within clear, feminised areas. The book will be of interest to those working on gender, culture, or museums in the period. It sheds new light on women's material culture and material strategies, education and professional careers, and leisure practices. It will form an important historical context for those working in contemporary museum studies.

Who reads Women and museums, 1850–1914: Modernity and the gendering of knowledge?

Author

Pamela Sharpe, Penny Summerfield, Lynn Abrams, Cordelia Beattie, Kate Hill

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781526115058

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Computer Science, Reference