LEADER 03611nam 2200685 450 001 9910796439003321 005 20221221224833.0 010 $a1-57181-521-X 010 $a1-57181-520-1 010 $a1-78238-712-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781782387121 035 $a(CKB)3820000000022219 035 $a(EBL)4461979 035 $a(OCoLC)946310665 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4461979 035 $a(DE-B1597)636706 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781782387121 035 $a(EXLCZ)993820000000022219 100 $a20040402d2004 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aScience, magic, and religion $ethe ritual process of museum magic /$feditors, Mary Bouquet, Nuno Porto 210 1$aNew York :$cBerghahn Books,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 240 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aNew directions in anthropology 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction; Part I: Objects of Science? Baby and the Mummies; Chapter 1: Memorialising the Future- The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester; Chapter 2: Unwrapping Mummies and Telling their Stories: Eqyptian Mummies in Museum Rhetoric; Part II: Site Specifics: The Case of Tervuren; Chapter 3: Congo-Vision; Chapter 4: The Scourge of Chief Kansabala: The Ritual Life of Two Congolese Masterpieces at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (1884-2001); Part III: Encounters, Performances and Unpredictables; Chapter 5: Paradise in the Making at Artis Zoo, Amsterdam 327 $aChapter 6: The Natural Magic of Monte San Giovanni: Authority, Authenticity and Ritual in Sardinia Chapter 7: The Performance of Heritage in a Reconstructed, Post-Apartheid Museum in Namibia; Chapter 8: Haunted Art: Visiting an Exhibit in Weimar; Part IV: Dilemmas of Enchantment; Chapter 9: Enhancement and its Dilemmas: The Museum as a Ritual Site; Notes on Contributors; Index 330 $aFor some time now, museums have been recognized as important institutions of western cultural and social life. The idea of the museum as a ritual site is fairly new and has been applied to the art museums in Europe and the United States so far. This volume expands it by exploring a range of contemporary museums in Europe and Africa. The case studies examine the different ways in which various actors involved in cultural production dramatize and ritualize such sites. It turns out that not only museum specialists, but visitors themselves are engaged in complex performances and experiences that make use of museums in often unexpected ways. 410 0$aNew directions in anthropology. 606 $aMuseum exhibits 606 $aMuseum theater 606 $aHistoric sites 606 $aMuseum techniques 606 $aRites and ceremonies$vExhibitions 606 $aRitual$vExhibitions 606 $aPerforming arts$vExhibitions 606 $aCultural property$xProtection 615 0$aMuseum exhibits. 615 0$aMuseum theater. 615 0$aHistoric sites. 615 0$aMuseum techniques. 615 0$aRites and ceremonies 615 0$aRitual 615 0$aPerforming arts 615 0$aCultural property$xProtection. 676 $a069/.5 702 $aBouquet$b Mary$f1955- 702 $aPorto$b Nuno 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796439003321 996 $aScience, magic, and religion$93776631 997 $aUNINA