Science, magic, and religion : the ritual process of museum magic / / [editors], Mary Bouquet and Nuno Porto

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 069/.5
• Soggetto topico: Museum exhibits; Museum theater; Historic sites; Museum techniques; Rites and ceremonies; Ritual; Performing arts; Cultural property - Protection
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): BouquetMary <1955->; PortoNuno
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction; 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 ; Chapter 6: The Natural Magic of Monte San Giovanni: Authority, Authenticity and Ritual in SardiniaChapter 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Science, magic, and religion
• ISBN: 1-57181-521-X; 1-57181-520-1; 1-78238-712-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910494638803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New directions in anthropology.