Women and Museums, 1850-1914: Modernity and the Gendering of Knowledge
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This book recovers the significant contribution made by women to museums, not just in obvious roles such as workers, but also as donors, visitors, volunteers and patrons. It suggests that women persistently acted to domesticate the museum, by importing domestic objects and domestic regimes of value, as well as by making museums more welcoming to children, and even by stressing the importance of housekeeping at the museum. At the same time, women...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0719081157
ISBN13:9780719081156
Release Date:June 2016
Publisher:Manchester University Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.09 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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