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1 online resource (274 pages) |
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Heritage, tourism and community |
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Heritage, tourism, and community.
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| Contents |
Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Table of Contents ; List of Illustrations ; Acknowledgements ; 1 Introduction ; 2 Museums, Politics, Stakeholders, and Conflict ; Defining Politics: The Political Museum ; Time and Place: Cyprus as a Case Study ; Conclusions ; 3 National Museums: Heritage and Identity ; National Museums, Politics, and Identity ; Organizational Structure, Policies, and National Museums ; Historical Development ; Conclusions ; 4 Archaeology and the Politics of the Past ; The Interest in Cypriot Antiquities and the First Protective Legislation |
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The Interest in Antiquities during the British Rule of the Island The Establishment of the Cyprus Museum ; The Protection of Cyprus' Medieval Cultural Heritage ; Conclusions ; 5 Defining "Cypriotness": Folk Museums, Communities, Patrons, and Collectors ; Ethnography, Colonialism, and the Cypriot "Other" ; Ethnographic Exhibitions: An Act of Belonging ; Learned Societies, Patrons, and Collectors: The Society of Cypriot Studies and the Cyprus Folk Art Museum ; The State: Aggeliki Pieridou and the First Folklore Museums of the Department of Antiquities |
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Municipal Authorities and Cultural Tourism Ethnographic Museums and Turkish Cypriots ; Conclusions ; 6 History and Memory: Victims, Heroes, and Enemies ; History Museums: Their History and Displays ; Technologies of Memorialization ; Conclusions ; 7 Visualizing War: Photography and Museums ; Types of Photographs in War-related Museums ; Context and Meaning: Image and Text ; Photography, Memory, and History ; Conclusions ; 8 Cultural "Wars," Religious Artifacts, and Visitors: Icon Museums and the Women of St. Barnabas ; Sacred Objects: Museum Context, Visitors, and Politics |
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Politics, Cultural "Wars," and the St. Barnabas Icon Museum Resisting Institutional Power: The Women of St. Barnabas ; Conclusions ; 9 Art and Politics and the Politics of Art ; Art Museums and Politics ; Cypriot Art Historical Narratives: The "Fathers," the "Rebel Offspring," and the "Glocals" ; The State Gallery of Contemporary Cypriot Art ; Constructing the "World of Cyprus" ; Deconstructing "Displays" ; Conclusions ; 10 Conclusions ; Modes of Nationalism, National Identity, and Collective Memory ; The Politics of Multiple Stakeholders |
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Museum Collections, Context, and Narrative: Where Does History Begin? Internal (National) and External (International) Politics ; Museums, Change, and Cultural Sustainability ; Notes ; References ; Index ; About the Authors |
| Summary |
"This engaging volume reveals how politics permeates all facets of museum practice, particularly in regions of political conflict. In these settings, museums can be extraordinarily influential for shaping identity and collective memory and for peace building. Using key Cypriote archaeological, historical, ethnographic, and art museums as examples, this book: provides a multifaceted and deeper understanding of how politics, conflict, national agendas, and individual initiatives can shape museums and their narratives; discusses how these forces contribute to the creation of, and conflict over, national, community and personal identities; examines how museums use inclusion and exclusion in their collections, exhibitions, objects and interpretive material as a way of selectively constructing collective memories. This book will be an important resource for museum professionals, as well as scholars interested in the effects of politics on museums and interpretations of the past"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Museums -- Political aspects -- Cyprus
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Museums -- Social aspects -- Cyprus
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Power (Social sciences) -- Cyprus
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Social conflict -- Cyprus
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Political culture -- Cyprus
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Group identity -- Cyprus
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Identity (Psychology) -- Cyprus
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Collective memory -- Cyprus
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Museum Administration & Museology.
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Collective memory
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Group identity
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Identity (Psychology)
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Museums -- Political aspects
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Museums -- Social aspects
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Political culture
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Politics and government
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Power (Social sciences)
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Social conditions
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Social conflict
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| SUBJECT |
Cyprus -- Politics and government -- 2004- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005007062
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Cyprus -- Social conditions -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001003796
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| Subject |
Cyprus
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bounia, Alexandra
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| ISBN |
9781315521046 |
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1315521040 |
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