TY - BOOK ID - 494505 TI - Museums : a visual anthropology PY - 2012 SN - 9781845208127 9781845208110 9780857852113 9780857852120 0857852116 0857852116 0857852124 1845208110 1845208129 PB - London Berg DB - UniCat KW - museology KW - museums [buildings] KW - Museology KW - musea KW - museumkunde KW - museum KW - museologie KW - museologie. KW - museum. KW - Museums KW - Material culture. KW - Ethnological museums and collections. KW - Anthropological museums and collections. KW - Social aspects. KW - Philosophy. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:494505 AB - Museums: A Visual Anthropology provides a clear and concise summary of the key ideas, debates and texts of the most important approaches to the study of museums from around the world. The book examines ways to address the social relations of museums, embedded in their sites, collections, and exhibitions, as an integral part of the visual and material culture they comprise. Cross-disciplinary in scope, Museums uses ideas and approaches both from within and outside of anthropology to further students' knowledge of and interest in museums. Including selected, globally based case studies to highli ER -