1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462685003321

Autore

Szczepanowska Hanna M.

Titolo

Conservation of cultural heritage : key principles and approaches / / Hanna M. Szczepanowska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-08119-6

1-299-16076-X

1-136-17212-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Disciplina

363.6/9

Soggetti

Cultural property - Protection

Museum conservation methods

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-304) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. General collection care practices -- pt. II. Materials and conservation practice.

Sommario/riassunto

"Conservation of Cultural Heritage covers the methods and practices needed for future museum professionals who will be working in various capacities with museum collections and artefacts. It also assists current professionals in understanding the complex decision making processes that faces conservators on a daily basis. Covering a broad range of topics that are key to sound conservation in the museum, this volume is an important tool for students and professional alike in ensuring that best practice is followed in the preservation of important collections"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910961146803321

Titolo

Chinese concepts of privacy / / edited by Bonnie S. McDougall & Anders Hansson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden [Netherlands] ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2002

ISBN

1-280-46696-0

9786610466962

1-4175-0224-X

90-474-0170-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

Sinica Leidensia ; ; v. 55

Altri autori (Persone)

McDougallBonnie S. <1941->

HanssonAnders <1944->

Disciplina

177/.1

Soggetti

Privacy - China - History

China Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: PART I: INTRODUCTION -- Particulars and Universals: Studies on Chinese Privacy -- Bonnie S. McDougall -- PART II: EXPERIENCING PRIVACY -- Solitude, Silence and Concealment: Boundaries of the Social Body in Ming Dynasty China -- Charlotte Furth -- Privacy in Dream of the Red Chamber -- Cathy Silber -- PART III: INSCRIBING PRIVACY -- Studying the Private Sphere of the Ancient Chinese Nobility through the Inscriptions on Bronze Ritual Vessels -- Maria Khayutina -- Privacy and Letter Writing in Han and Six Dynasties China -- David Pattinson -- PART IV: NEGOTIATING PRIVACY -- The Origins of Modern Chinese Concepts of Privacy: Notes on Social Structure and Moral Discourse -- Peter Zarrow -- Functions and Values of Privacy in the Correspondence between Lu Xun and Xu Guangping, 1925-1929 -- Bonnie S. McDougall -- PART V: EXPOSING PRIVACY -- Privacy and its Ill Effects in Post-Mao Urban Fiction -- Robin Visser -- The Extrication of Memory in Tie Ning's Woman Showering: Privacy and the Trap of History -- Chen Xiaoming -- PART VI: CONCLUSION -- Reflections on Privacy in China -- Stephan Feuchtwang.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the Chinese approach to the subject of privacy, showing that



concepts of privacy have been part of discourse in China from the earliest recorded times to the present, with varying contents, mechanisms, functions and values at different times and among different groups of people.