Del 11 - Studies in the History and Society of the Maghrib

Mediating Museums

Exhibiting Material Culture in Tunisia (1881-2016)

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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This book documents and interprets the trajectory of ethnographic museums in Tunisia from the colonial to the post-revolutionary period, demonstrating changes and continuities in role, setting and architecture across shifting ideological landscapes. The display of everyday culture in museums is generally looked down upon as being kitsch and old-fashioned. This research shows that, in Tunisia, ethnographic museums have been highly significant sites in the definition of social identities. They have worked as sites that diffuse social, economic and political tensions through a vast array of means, such as the exhibition itself, architecture, activities, tourism, and consumerism. The book excavates the evolution of paradigms in which Tunisian popular identity has been expressed through the ethnographic museum, from the modernist notion of 'indigenous authenticity' under colonial time, to efforts at developing a Tunisian ethnography after Independence, and more recent conceptions of cultural diversity since the revolution. Based on a combination of archival research in Tunisia and in France, participant observation and interviews with past and present protagonists in the Tunisian museum field, this research brings to light new material on an understudied area.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-06-20
Mått155 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt542 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in the History and Society of the Maghrib
Antal sidor244
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004394964

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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).