Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara.

Destination culture : tourism, museums, and heritage / Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett.

Berkeley [Calif.] : University of California Press, ©1998.

xviii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Destination Culture deals with agencies of display in museums, festivals, world's fair, historical recreations, and tourist attractions. Drawing on the history of the avant-garde and the implications of its practices, Destination Culture attempts to theorize the artifact and the logic of exhibition in the context of lively debates about the death of museums, ascendancy of tourism, production of heritage, limits of multiculturalism, social efficacy of the arts, and circulation of value in the life world.
With the question, "What does it mean to show?", the author explores the agency of display in museums and tourist attractions. She looks at how objects are made to perform their meaning by being collected and how techniques of display, not just the things shown, convey a powerful message.

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Ethnological museums and collections.
Heritage tourism.
Museum exhibits.
Tourism.
Culture.
Ethnologie Musées et collections.
Tourisme culturel.
Objets exposés.
Tourisme.
cultural tourism.
tourism.
culture note.
culture (concept)
Ferntourismus
Volkskundemuseum
Ethnologie
Tourismusindustrie
Sammlung
Ethnologisches Museum
Tentoonstellingen.
Etnografie.
Cultura.
Exposições museológicas.
Turismo.
Museus etnográficos.
Acervo museológico.
Écomusées.
Muséologie.
Ethnologie Musées.
Völkerkundemuseum.
USA

Books.
Essays

Tourism, museums, and heritage

Location: Library main 203796
Call No.: GN36 .U62 B478 1998
Status: Available