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Author Message, Kylie.

Title New museums and the making of culture / Kylie Message.

Imprint Oxford, UK ; New York : Berg, 2006.
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 Boole Q+1 Floor  069 MESS    DUE 23-10-17
Book Cover
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-228) and index.
Contents Theorizing new museums, language and politics -- The shock of the new : unity and the modern museum -- History in the making : spectacles of empire, currencies of newness, consumption and citizenship -- Culture in the making : public spheres and political urgency -- Contested sites of identity and the cult of the new -- Diversity and changing models : from new museum to cultural centre.
Subject Museums -- Social aspects.
Museums -- Political aspects.
Museums -- Philosophy.
Popular culture.
Political culture.
Culture -- Philosophy.
ISBN 1845204530 (cloth)
9781845204532 (cloth)
1845204549 (pbk.)
9781845204549 (pbk.)
Description viii, 241 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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