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Representing the Nation : a Reader : Histories, Heritage and Museums by Jessica Evans; David Boswell; Kevin Robins; Stuart Hall; Anthony D Smith; Eric J Hobsbawm; Philip Dodd; Patrick Wright; Robert Hewison; Raphael Samuel; Chris Rojek; John Urry; Richard Daniel Altick; David Goodman; Robert W Rydell; Carol Duncan; Tony Bennett; Kenneth Hudson; Colin Mercer; Arjun Appadurai; Carol Appadurai Breckenridge; Sharon MacDonald; Roger Silverstone; James Clifford is a book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Representing the Nation : a Reader : Histories, Heritage and Museums about?
<p><P>Gathering key writings from leading thinkers in cultural studies, cultural history, and museum studies, <b>Representing the Nation: A reader</b> explores the role cultural institutions play in creating and shaping our sense of ourselves as a nation.<P>With an international perspective focusing on the USA, France, Australia, the UK and India, leading figures and authors, including Tony Bennet, Ralph Samuel and Carol Duncan examine the way the past is preserved, represented and consumed as our ‘heritage’.<P>Written in three sections, the book examines:<P><ul><br><li>strategies involved in creating and sustaining a national culture</li><br><li>the growth of heritage culture, from the founding of the National Trust in 1895 to the heritage acts of the 1980s</li><br><li>why it has become important for nations to preserve the past and in whose name is it preserved and displayed</li><br><li>the historical development of the public museum </li><br><li>issues and difficulties facing museums today and the competing demands and interests of public funding bodies, tourists and local communities.</li></ul><P>For the disciplines of both museum studies and cultural studie
- Author
- Jessica Evans; David Boswell; Kevin Robins; Stuart Hall; Anthony D Smith; Eric J Hobsbawm; Philip Dodd; Patrick Wright; Robert Hewison; Raphael Samuel; Chris Rojek; John Urry; Richard Daniel Altick; David Goodman; Robert W Rydell; Carol Duncan; Tony Bennett; Kenneth Hudson; Colin Mercer; Arjun Appadurai; Carol Appadurai Breckenridge; Sharon MacDonald; Roger Silverstone; James Clifford
- Publisher
- London New York: Routledge
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780415208703
- Subjects
- Sociology, Political Science, Social_sciences