A detailed look at how South Africa's museum present the nation's past, and how they can serve as a lens for examining changes in South African society at large.

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Africa
anthropology
Cultural Studies
democracy
history
Museum
Nation
politics
society
sociology

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'Dubin has collected a vital series of interviews which, in full, are a highly significant archive of historical and museological thinking in this transitionary period.' - Institute of Historical Research

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STEVEN C. DUBIN is Professor of Arts Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA.

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Book Title: Transforming Museums
Book Subtitle: Mounting Queen Victoria in a Democratic South Africa
Authors: Steven C. Dubin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-05775-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-7411-2Published: 18 April 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-05775-4Published: 30 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 341
Topics: African Politics, World History, Global and Transnational History, Imperialism and Colonialism, African Culture, Arts, Sociology, general

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