{"product_id":"the-politics-of-display-museums-science-culture-paperback","title":"The Politics of Display: Museums, Science, Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSharon MacDonald\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe assumption that museum exhibitions, particularly those concerned with science and technology, are somehow neutral and impartial is today being challenged both in the public arena and in the academy. \u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Display\u003c\/em\u003e brings together studies of contemporary and historical exhibitions and contends that exhibitions are never, and never have been, above politics. Rather, technologies of display and ideas about 'science' and 'objectivity' are mobilized to tell stories of progress, citizenship, racial and national difference. The display of the Enola Gay, the aircraft which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is a well-known case in point.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Display\u003c\/em\u003e charts the changing relationship between displays and their audience and analyzes the consequent shift in styles of representation towards interactive, multimedia and reflexive modes of display. \u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Display\u003c\/em\u003e brings together an array of international scholars in the disciplines of sociology, anthropology and history. Examples are taken from exhibitions of science, technology and industry, anthropology, geology, natural history and medicine, and locations include the United States of America, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and Spain.\u003cbr\u003eThis book is an excellent contribution to debates about the politics of public culture. It will be of interest to students of sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, museum studies and science studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharon Macdonald is lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Sheffield. She is author of \u003cem\u003eRemaining Culture\u003c\/em\u003e (1997), editor of \u003cem\u003eInside Identities\u003c\/em\u003e (1993) and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eTheorizing Museums\u003c\/em\u003e (1996) and \u003cem\u003eThe Sociological Review\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9.13 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 25, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42153006825552,"sku":"9780415153263","price":100.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/c2FLOFBFV2ZablVrVjNHZUJvYStJQT09.webp?v=1774695047","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-politics-of-display-museums-science-culture-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}