Destination culture : tourism, museums, and heritage /

• Main Author: Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, �1998.
• Subjects: Ethnological museums and collections.; Heritage tourism.; Museum exhibits.; Tourism.; Culture.; ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES > Popular Culture.; Ethnologie > Mus�ees et collections.; Tourisme culturel.; Objets expos�es.; Tourisme.; Tentoonstellingen.; Etnografie.; Cultura.; Exposi�c�oes museol�ogicas.; Turismo.; Museus etnogr�aficos.; Acervo museol�ogico.; �Ecomus�ees.; Mus�eologie.; Ethnologie > Mus�ees.; Ferntourismus; V�olkerkundemuseum.; Volkskundemuseum; Sammlung.; Ethnologie; Tourismusindustrie; USA.; Electronic books.

Destination Culture deals with agencies of display in museums, festivals, world's fair, historical recreations, and tourist attractions. Drawing on the history of the avant-garde and the implications of its practices, Destination Culture attempts to theorize the artifact and the logic of exhibi...