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Museums in China have undergone tremendous transformations since they first appeared in the country in the late nineteenth century. Futuristic, state-of-the-art museums have today become symbols of China's global cultural, economic and technological prominence, and over the last two decades, the number of Chinese museums has increased at an unprecedented rate, with China set to become the country with the highest number of museums in the world. But why have museums become so important? This book, based on extensive research in a number of the museums themselves, examines recent changes in their display methods, narratives, actors and architectural style. It also considers their representations of Chinese national identity, millenarian history and extraordinary cultural diversity. Through an analysis of the changes affecting not only what we observe through museums, but also the very medium of observation (i.e. museums themselves), this book provides a unique, original and timely exploration of the ongoing changes affecting Chinese society, and an evaluation of their consequences. Dr Marzia Varutti is a post-doctoral fellow at the Centre for Museum Studies, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo.

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Book category Books in English Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects Museology & heritage studies

• Full title: Museums in China
• Subtitle: The Politics of Representation after Mao
• Author: Marzia Varutti
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 203
• EAN: 9781843838883
• ID: 04856347
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Weight: 712 g
• Dimensions: 252 × 180 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. February 2014

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