Representing the nation : heritage, museums, national narratives, and identity in the Arab Gulf States /: heritage, museums, national narratives, and identity in the Arab Gulf States. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Pamela Erskine-Loftus, Victoria Penziner Hightower, and Mariam Ibrahim Al-Mulla.
• Editors: Erskine-Loftus, Pamela; Hightower, Victoria Penziner; Al-Mulla, Mariam Ibrahim
• Contents: Part I. Sensibilities / Pamela Erskine-Loftus -- Bringing it back home: redefining Islamic art in Saudi Arabia / Idries Trevathan and Manal Alghannam -- Locating Qatar on the world stage: museums, foreign expertise and the construction of Qatar's contemporary identity / Karen Exell -- Context and identity as generators of concept: four examples from Bahrain / Kamila Bielinska-Basmaji and Marwan Basmaji -- We're all Qataris here: the nation-building narrative of the National Museum of Qatar / Jocelyn Sage Mitchell -- Part II. Museuming / Mariam Ibrahim Al-Mulla -- Nation, one myth and two museums: heritage, architecture and culture as tools for assembling identity in Qatar / Ali A. Alraouf -- Building the past: archaeology and national development in the Gulf / Andrew Petersen -- Oral history and national stories: theory and practice in the GCC / Rachel Teskey and Norah Alkhamis -- Qatar: cultivating "the citizen" of the futuristic state / Marwa Maziad -- Part III. Projection / Victoria Penziner Hightower -- All the world's a stage designed by Zaha Hadid: how the Gulf's new mega-theatres attempt to promote 'global' identities / Katherine Hennessey -- National identity and performativity at Bahrain National Museum / Hae Won Jeong -- The Saudi Arabian National Museum: unexpected collections and narratives? / Virginia Cassola -- Time, space and narrative in Emirati museums / Matthew MacLean.
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 069.0917/4927; Museums -- Arab countries; Museums -- Political aspects -- Arab countries; National characteristics, Arab; Group identity -- Arab countries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Museum Administration & Museology; REFERENCE / General; TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest; Group identity; Museums; Museums -- Political aspects; National characteristics, Arab; Museum; Nationalmuseum; Nationenbildung; Museumspädagogik; Arab countries; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317429852; 1317429850; 9781317429869; 1317429869
• Related ISBNs: 9781138913578; 113891357X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 30, 2016)
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