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  • Museums and Biographies

    Stories, Objects, Identities

    by Kate Hill, Helen Rees Leahy, Jeffrey Abt, Julie Sheldon, Laura Gray, Linda Sandino, Louise Tythacott, Lucie Carreau, Mariana Francozo, Mark Elliott0, Alexandra Stara1, Sophie Forgan2, Steffi De Jong3, Stuart Burch4, Suzanne MacLeod5, Wallis Miller6, Alison Booth7, Anne Whitelaw8, Belinda Nemec9, Chris Whitehead0, Donald Preziosi1, Elizabeth Crooke2, Felicity Bodenstein3 ...
    Museums and biographies both tell the stories of lives. This innovative collection examines for the first time biography - of individuals, objects and institutions - in relationship to the museum, casting new light on the many facets of museum history and theory, from the lives of prominent curators, to the context of museums of biography and autobiography. Separate sections cover individual ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Witness as Object

    Video Testimony in Memorial Museums

    by Steffi de Jong ...
    Series Book 10 - Museums and Collections
    In recent years, historical witnessing has emerged as a category of "museum object." Audiovisual recordings of interviews with individuals remembering events of historical importance are now integral to the collections and research activities of museums. They have also become important components in narrative and exhibition design strategies. With a focus on Holocaust museums, this study ... Read more

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  • Geographies of the Holocaust

    by Anne Kelly Knowles, Tim Cole, Alberto Giordano ...
    "[A] pioneering work . . . Shed[s] light on the historic events surrounding the Holocaust from place, space, and environment-oriented perspectives." —Rudi Hartmann, PhD, Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of ColoradoThis book explores the geographies of the Holocaust at every scale of human experience, from the European continent to the experiences of individual human bodies. Built ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pioneers of Modern Design

    From William Morris to Walter Gropius

    by Nikolaus Pevsner ...
    One of the most widely read books on modern design, Nikolaus Pevsner's landmark work today remains as stimulating as it was when first published in 1936. This expanded edition of Pioneers of Modern Design provides Pevsner's original text along with significant new and updated information, enhancing Pevsner's illuminating account of the roots of Modernism. The book now offers many beautiful colour ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • Bertolt Brecht

    by Philip Glahn ...
    Series Book 51 - Critical Lives
    Playwright, poet and activist Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) was known for his theory of the Epic Theatre and his attempts to break down the division between high art and popular culture. The Threepenny Opera, his collaboration with composer Kurt Weill, was a milestone in musical theatre, and plays like Mother Courage and Galileo changed the course of modern drama and aesthetic theory.Framed by two ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • Psychogeography

    by Merlin Coverley ...
    In recent years the term "psychogeography" has been used to illustrate a bewildering array of ideas from ley lines and the occult, to urban walking and political radicalism. But where does it come from and what exactly does it mean? This book examines the origins of psychogeography in the Paris of the 1950s, exploring the theoretical background and its political application in the work of Guy ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Not in My Family

    German Memory and Responsibility After the Holocaust

    by Roger Frie ...
    Series series Explorations in Narrative Psychology
    Winner of the 2018 Western Canada Jewish Book Award Winner of the 2017 Canadian Jewish Literary Award Even as the Holocaust grows more distant with the passing of time, its traumas call out to be known and understood. What is remembered, what has been imparted through German heritage, and what has been forgotten? Can familiar family stories be transformed into an understanding of the Holocaust's ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • An Architect's Guide to Fame

    Edited by Paul Davies, Torsten Schmiedeknecht ...
    This lively text provides a candid inquiry into the contemporary means by which architects get work and (for better or worse) become famous. In response to the reciprocal relationship between publicity and everyday architectural practice, this book examines the mechanisms by which architects seek publicity and manage to establish themselves and their work ahead of their colleagues. Through the ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Topographies of Class

    Modern Architecture and Mass Society in Weimar Berlin

    by Sabine Hake ...
    Series series Social History, Popular Culture, And Politics In Germany
    In Topographies of Class, Sabine Hake explores why Weimar Berlin has had such a powerful hold on the urban imagination. Approaching Weimar architectural culture from the perspective of mass discourse and class analysis, Hake examines the way in which architectural projects; debates; and representations in literature, photography, and film played a key role in establishing the terms under which ... Read more

    $30.29 USD

  • Civilizing Rituals

    Inside Public Art Museums

    by Carol Duncan ...
    Illustrated with over fifty photos, Civilizing Rituals merges contemporary debates with lively discussion and explores central issues involved in the making and displaying of art as industry and how it is presented to the community.Carol Duncan looks at how nations, institutions and private individuals present art , and how art museums are shaped by cultural, social and political determinants ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Jewish Poland Revisited

    Heritage Tourism in Unquiet Places

    by Erica T. Lehrer ...
    Series series New Anthropologies of Europe
    National Jewish Book Award Finalist: "A fresh and delightful portrait of Jewish renewal in Poland . . . Highly recommended." — ChoiceSince the end of Communism, Jews from around the world have visited Poland to tour Holocaust-related sites. A few venture further, seeking to learn about their own Polish roots and connect with contemporary Poles. For their part, a growing number of Poles are ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The New Museology

    Edited by Peter Vergo ...
    Series series Critical Views
    Traditionally, museums have concerned themselves with foremost with conservation and classification. But what is conserved, and why? How is it classified? And who does this benefit? Are exhibitions really designed with the visitor in mind? And what qualities of experience are being offered? These are just some of the pressing questions which the authors - museum professionals, historians and ... Read more

    Was $28.99 USD Now $15.59 USD