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Colonialism and the Object: Empire, Material Culture and the Museum
Author(s): Tim Barringer (Editor), Tom Flynn
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 18 Dec. 1997
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 240 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415157765
- ISBN-13: 9780415157766
Book Description
Drawing together intensive case studies from an international group of scholars, the editors explore the impact of colonial contact with other cultures on the material culture of both the colonized and the imperial nation.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“The volume demonstrates the range of possibilities opened up by the study of museums and museum collections from a postcolonial perspective.”
–Thomas Prasch, “Victorian Studies
–Thomas Prasch, “Victorian Studies
About the Author
Tim Barringer is a lecturer in History of Art at the University of Birmingham, following earlier positions at Birbeck College, University of London and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Tom Flynn is a freelance art historian and writer. He is currently completing a book on sculpture and the body.
