Museums and the formation of national and cultural identities

Author

Coombes, Annie E.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Revision of a paper given at: London Conference of the Association of Art Historians, Mar 1987 ; 1988 ; Oxford art journal. 1988, Num. 2, Vol. 11, p. 57-68, 3 ill.; 1 plan

ISSN

0142-6540

Abstract (en)

Analyzes the role of museums housing ethnographic material culture at the time of the Education Act of 1902. Specific roles assigned to ethnographic collections in the discourses on museums and education within the Museums Association are discussed in relation to National and International Trade and Colonial exhibitions between 1900 and 1910, which served as additional sites producing knowledge of colonial subjects and supporting nationalist ideology.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- United Kingdom
• Material culture
• Great Britain//Education Act (1902)
• Great Britain
• Education
• Museums
• Museums Association!!London (GBR)
• Ethnology
• Imperialism
• Nationalism
• Exhibitions

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Royaume-Uni
• Culture matérielle
• Grande-Bretagne
• Education
• Musée
• Museums Association!!London (GBR)
• Ethnologie
• Impérialisme
• Nationalisme
• Exposition

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00447265

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