This volume brings together a range of essays that offer a new perspective on the dynamic history of the museum as a cultural institution in South Asia. It traces the museum from its origin as a tool of colonialism and adoption as a vehicle of sovereignty in the nationalist period, till its role in the present, as it reflects the fissured identities of the post-colonial period.
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No Touching, No Spitting, No Praying: The Museum in South Asia
This volume brings together a range of essays that offer a new perspective on the dynamic history of the museum as a cultural institution in South Asia. It traces the museum from its origin as a tool of colonialism and adoption as a vehicle of sovereignty in the nationalist period, till its role in the present, as it reflects the fissured identities of the post-colonial period.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780815373247 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 12/21/2017 |
Series: | Visual and Media Histories |
Pages: | 284 |
Product dimensions: | 6.88(w) x 9.50(h) x (d) |
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