Representing the Nation
Heritage, Museums, National Narratives, and Identity in the Arab Gulf States
By Mariam Ibrahim Al-Mulla, Pamela Erskine-Loftus, Victoria Hightower | Publisher: Taylor and Francis
About the book
The 1970s saw the emergence and subsequent proliferation across the Arabian Peninsula of ‘national museums’, institutions aimed at creating social cohesion and affiliation to the state within a disparate population. Representing the Nation examines the wide-ranging use of exhibitionary forms of national identity projection via consideration of their motivations, implications (current and future), possible historical backgrounds, official and unofficial meanings, and meanings for both the user/visitor and the multiple creators. The book responds to, due to the importance placed on tradition, heritage and national identity across all the states of the Peninsula, and the growth of re-imagined and new museums, the need for far greater discussion and research in these areas.
Editions of Representing the Nation
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- ISBN 9781317429869
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The 1970s saw the emergence and subsequent proliferation across the Arabian Peninsula of ‘national museums’, institutions aimed at creating social cohesion and affiliation to the state within a disparate population. Representing the Nation examines the wide-ranging use of exhibitionary forms of national identity projection via consideration of their motivations, implications (current and future), possible historical backgrounds, official and unofficial meanings, and meanings for both the user/visitor and the multiple creators. The book responds to, due to the importance placed on tradition, heritage and national identity across all the states of the Peninsula, and the growth of re-imagined and new museums, the need for far greater discussion and research in these areas.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Representing the Nation about?
The 1970s saw the emergence and subsequent proliferation across the Arabian Peninsula of ‘national museums’, institutions aimed at creating social cohesion and affiliation to the state within a disparate population. Representing the Nation examines the wide-ranging use of exhibitionary forms of national identity projection via consideration of their motivations, implications (current and future), possible historical backgrounds, official and unofficial meanings, and meanings for both the user/visitor and the multiple creators. The book responds to, due to the importance placed on tradition, heritage and national identity across all the states of the Peninsula, and the growth of re-imagined and new museums, the need for far greater discussion and research in these areas.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Representing the Nation?
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects > Library and information sciences / Museology > Museology and heritage studies
Where can I read a sample of Representing the Nation?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781317429852
Is Representing the Nation part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Routledge Research in Museum Studies
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Representing the Nation?
Mariam Ibrahim Al-Mulla, Pamela Erskine-Loftus, Victoria Hightower
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Representing the Nation is available as ebook(ISBN 9781317429852) and pdf(ISBN 9781317429869)