Museums, objects, and collections : a cultural study / Susan M. Pearce.
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1993.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Museums, Objects and Collections
- 2. Objects Inside and Outside Museums
- 3. Collecting: Body and Soul
- 4. Collecting: Shaping the World
- 5. Museums: the Intellectual Rationale
- 6. Making Museum Meanings
- 7. Meaning as Function
- 8. Meaning as Structure
- 9. Meaning in History
- 10. Objects in Action
- 11. Problems of Power
- 12. Projects and Prospects
- Appendix: Models for object study.