Bhatti, Shaila
Translating Museums
- ISBN 13:
- 9781611321456
- author:
- Bhatti, Shaila
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Left Coast Pr
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 301
- Genre:
- Art, General
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Shaila Bhatti's Translating Museums offers an in-depth historical and ethnographic analysis of the Lahore Museum in Pakistan, one of the first books to examine a South Asian museum in depth.
This study provides a unique case study that reveals local perceptions and uses of museums in non-Western societies to be complex and multifaceted, with social, political, and cultural implications and appropriations.
By examining the history of exchange between Britain and South Asia, Bhatti advances our understanding of postcolonial museum interpretation and its public, offering a fresh perspective on the role of museums in non-Western societies.
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