The art of minorities cultural representation in museums of the Middle East and North Africa
"Explores the representation of minority cultures in museums of the Middle East and North Africa. How are issues related to identity representation negotiated in Middle Eastern and North African museums? Can museums provide a suitable canvas for minorities to express their voice? Can narratives...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh University Press
[2020]©2020, 2020
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| Series: | Alternative histories: narratives from the Middle East and Mediterranean
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| Collection: | JSTOR Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "Explores the representation of minority cultures in museums of the Middle East and North Africa. How are issues related to identity representation negotiated in Middle Eastern and North African museums? Can museums provide a suitable canvas for minorities to express their voice? Can narratives change and stereotypes be broken and, if so, what kind of identities are being deployed? Against the backdrop of the revolutionary upheavals that have shaken the region in recent years, the contributors to this volume interrogate a range of case studies from across the region -- examining how museums engage inclusion, diversity and the politics of minority identities. They bring to the fore the region's diversity and sketches a 'museology of disaster' in which minoritised political subjects regain visibility"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 313 pages illustrations, plan |
| ISBN: | 9781474443784 9781474443791 1474443796 1474443788 |