Virginie Rey holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Melbourne. Her research interests include cultural representations in museums in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as Islamic visual culture in the West. She is currently a research affiliate in the Department of Anthropology and the Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies, at the University of California, Irvine.

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of FiguresAbbreviationsNotes on TransliterationIntroductionPart 1: Mapping Tunisian Material Culture (1881-1956)Introduction to Part 11 Artisanship Revival in the Maghreb2 The Tunisian ArtsPart 2: Ethnographic Objects (1957-1980)Introduction to Part 23 Le centre des arts et traditions populaires4 Les musées d’arts et traditions populaires5 Carving a Modern Tunisian Identity in Traditions6 Le patrimoine vivantPart 3: Patrimonialisation (1985-2011)Introduction to Part 37 Turning Traditional Culture into Heritage8 The Heteronomous Pole of Cultural Production9 Museums and CommunitiesPart 4: Revolutionary Museums (2011-2015)Introduction to Part 410 The Field of Museum Production11 The Journey of an Ethnographic Museum from the Colonial to the Post-RevolutionaryConclusionBibliographyIndex

[...] 'Overall, Mediating Museums is a timely contribution to museum studies in general and research on museums in Arab-majority societies inparticular, which overwhelmingly focus on archaeological museums. Rey offers an impressively detailed and interdisciplinary history of theshifting social and political-economic roles of Tunisian ethnographic museums in mediating peoples’ relationships to colonialism, independence,NGOs and international development, emerging tourism economies, and revolution'.Kyle Craig, Northwestern University, in H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences, published on H-AMCA (March, 2023).

Virginie Rey holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Melbourne. Her research interests include cultural representations in museums in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as Islamic visual culture in the West. She is currently a research affiliate in the Department of Anthropology and the Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies, at the University of California, Irvine.

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of FiguresAbbreviationsNotes on TransliterationIntroductionPart 1: Mapping Tunisian Material Culture (1881-1956)Introduction to Part 11 Artisanship Revival in the Maghreb2 The Tunisian ArtsPart 2: Ethnographic Objects (1957-1980)Introduction to Part 23 Le centre des arts et traditions populaires4 Les musées d’arts et traditions populaires5 Carving a Modern Tunisian Identity in Traditions6 Le patrimoine vivantPart 3: Patrimonialisation (1985-2011)Introduction to Part 37 Turning Traditional Culture into Heritage8 The Heteronomous Pole of Cultural Production9 Museums and CommunitiesPart 4: Revolutionary Museums (2011-2015)Introduction to Part 410 The Field of Museum Production11 The Journey of an Ethnographic Museum from the Colonial to the Post-RevolutionaryConclusionBibliographyIndex

[...] 'Overall, Mediating Museums is a timely contribution to museum studies in general and research on museums in Arab-majority societies inparticular, which overwhelmingly focus on archaeological museums. Rey offers an impressively detailed and interdisciplinary history of theshifting social and political-economic roles of Tunisian ethnographic museums in mediating peoples’ relationships to colonialism, independence,NGOs and international development, emerging tourism economies, and revolution'.Kyle Craig, Northwestern University, in H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences, published on H-AMCA (March, 2023).

Virginie Rey holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Melbourne. Her research interests include cultural representations in museums in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as Islamic visual culture in the West. She is currently a research affiliate in the Department of Anthropology and the Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies, at the University of California, Irvine.

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of FiguresAbbreviationsNotes on TransliterationIntroductionPart 1: Mapping Tunisian Material Culture (1881-1956)Introduction to Part 11 Artisanship Revival in the Maghreb2 The Tunisian ArtsPart 2: Ethnographic Objects (1957-1980)Introduction to Part 23 Le centre des arts et traditions populaires4 Les musées d’arts et traditions populaires5 Carving a Modern Tunisian Identity in Traditions6 Le patrimoine vivantPart 3: Patrimonialisation (1985-2011)Introduction to Part 37 Turning Traditional Culture into Heritage8 The Heteronomous Pole of Cultural Production9 Museums and CommunitiesPart 4: Revolutionary Museums (2011-2015)Introduction to Part 410 The Field of Museum Production11 The Journey of an Ethnographic Museum from the Colonial to the Post-RevolutionaryConclusionBibliographyIndex

[...] 'Overall, Mediating Museums is a timely contribution to museum studies in general and research on museums in Arab-majority societies inparticular, which overwhelmingly focus on archaeological museums. Rey offers an impressively detailed and interdisciplinary history of theshifting social and political-economic roles of Tunisian ethnographic museums in mediating peoples’ relationships to colonialism, independence,NGOs and international development, emerging tourism economies, and revolution'.Kyle Craig, Northwestern University, in H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences, published on H-AMCA (March, 2023).