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Author:   Simon Knell (University of Leicester, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9780815364924

ISBN 10:   081536492
Pages:   258
Publication Date:   31 August 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: museums for the global contemporary PART I: A WORLD OF EQUALS 1. Modernisms: Curating art’s past in the global present; 2. Indigenisation: Reconceptualising museology; 3. Islam: Islamic art, the Islamic world – and museums; 4. Xenophobia: Museums, refugees and fear of the other; 5. Diplomacy: Museums and international exhibitions PART II: PRESENT PASTS 6. Transience: Curating ephemeral art; 7. Performances: Contemporary encounters in historic spaces; 8. Transhistoricism: Using the past to critique the present; 9. Pasts: Authoring national histories in the contemporary city PART III: WHO WE ARE 10. Disability: Museums and our understandings of difference;11. Contact: Framing prostitution in a city museum; 12. Small wins: Tactics for the contemporary museum; 13. Anxiety: Unease in the museum

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'The follow-up volume to Museum Revolutions, The Contemporary Museum recognises the present as increasingly defined by the ubiquity of disruption and dissent, and explores the escalation of feelings of anxiety and outrage that arise from a rapidly changing world. The book's standout achievement is its geographically expansive set of case studies, which richly demonstrate the ongoing humanism and humanity of museums, as sites of affective, albeit often contested, meaning and personal and collective agency. Its analysis of the present as it exists in dialogue with the past and future as well as with the broad components of what is occurring globally at any given now , will make it essential reading for Museum Studies scholars for many years to come.' Kylie Message, The Australian National University

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Simon Knell is Professor of Museum Studies and the senior academic in School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester. He has also acted as Head of Department and Dean of Arts.

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