
Understanding Islam at European Museums
Cambridge University Press
Published on 5. August 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
72 pages
978-1-108-74419-5 (ISBN)
Description
Exhibitions of Islamic artefacts in European museums have since 1989 been surrounded by a growing rhetoric of cultural tolerance, in response to the dissemination of images of Islam as misogynist, homophobic and violent. This has produced a new public context for exhibitions of Islam and has led to major recent investments in new galleries for Islamic artefacts, often with financial support from the Gulf and Saudi Arabia. This Element addresses contemporary framings of Islam in European museums, focusing on how museums in Germany and the UK with collections of Islamic heritage realise the ICOM (International Council of Museums) definition of museums as institutions in the service of society. The authors find that far too often the knowledge of Islamic cultural heritage is disconnected from contemporary developments in museum transformations, as well as from the geopolitical contexts they are a response to.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
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Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
109 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-74419-5 (9781108744195)
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Magnus Berg
Understanding Islam at European Museums
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08/2021
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Magnus Berg | Klas Grinell
Understanding Islam at European Museums
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07/2021
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Content
1. Introduction; 2. Collecting; 3. Islamic Art; 4. Islam, The West and Something Else; 5. Conclusions.