About this title: "Destination Culture" takes the reader on an eye-opening journey from ethnological artifacts to kitsch. Posing the question, 'What does it mean to show?' Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett explores the agency of display in a variety of settings: museums, festivals, world's fairs, historical re-creations, memorials, and tourist attractions. She talks about how objects - and people - are made to 'perform' their meaning for us by the very fact of being collected and exhibited, and about how specific techniques of display, not just the things shown, convey powerful messages. Her engaging analysis ...
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780520209664ISBN:0520209664
Description: Very Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Art & Design ISBN: 0520209664 Inventory No: 4811. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Univ. PRESSES OF CALIFORNIA, COLUMBIA AND PRINCETON Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780520209664ISBN:0520209664
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 311 pages. (346 pages) takes the reader on a journey from ethnological artifacts to kitsch. this book explores the agency of display in a variety of settings: museums, festivals, world's fairs, historical re-creations, memorials, and tourist attractions. 98 b&w illustrations (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 1998-09-05
ISBN-13:9780520209664ISBN:0520209664
Description: Very Good. Very good condition. Minor shelf wearing. Inside pages neat and clean. Delivery confirmation will be emailed to you upon shipment. Packaged securely and shipped promptly with care. *Priority orders are sent within 24hrs. * read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Pri
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780520209664ISBN:0520209664
Description: New. Takes the reader on a journey from ethnological artifacts to kitsch. This book explores the agency of display in a variety of settings: museums, festivals, world's fairs, historical re-creations, memorials, and tourist attractions. read more
Binding: Illustrated Card Covers
Publisher: University Of California Press, Berkeley California London
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780520209664ISBN:0520209664
Description: B/W Illustrations. Very Good. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780520209664ISBN:0520209664
Description: New. "Destination Culture is a book of discovery. Reading it is to accompany Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett through fairs and museums, as a tourist and as an always sharp observer of people. The power of this book is to show how first-rate ethnographic wo... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of California Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780520209664ISBN:0520209664
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. ""Destination Culture is a book of discovery. Reading it is to accompany Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett through fairs and museums, as a tourist and as an always sharp observer of people. The power of this book is to show how first-rate ethnographic work is also the stuff of cultural studies. This volume, including her widely cited "Exhibiting ... read more
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"If you're into ethnography, then this book is for you! Visuals are also presented to showcase the theme of "spectacle". Very interesting but I wouldn't recommend it to people who wants a "fun" book to read."
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