Cracks in the Dome: Fractured Histories of Empire in the Zanzibar Museum, 1897-1964 (inbunden)

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Format: Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 338
Utgivningsdatum: 2015-07-28
Upplaga: New ed
Förlag: Routledge
Illustrationer: Includes 53 b&w illustrations
Dimensioner: 234 x 156 x 21 mm
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Antal komponenter: 1
Komponenter: 52:B&W 6.14 x 9.21in or 234 x 156mm (Royal 8vo) Case Laminate on White w/Gloss Lam
ISBN: 9781472437877

Cracks in the Dome: Fractured Histories of Empire in the Zanzibar Museum, 1897-1964

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Author: Sarah Longair
ISBN: 9781472437877

Fractured Histories of Empire in the Zanzibar Museum 1897-1964

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As one of the most monumental and recognisable landmarks from Zanzibars years as a British Protectorate, the distinctive domed building of the Zanzibar Museum (also known as the Beit al-Amani or Peace Memorial Museum) is widely known and familiar to Zanzibaris and visitors alike. Yet the complicated and compelling history behind its construction and collection has been overlooked by historians until now. Drawing on a rich and wide range of hitherto unexplored archival, photographic, architectural and material evidence, this book is the first serious investigation of this remarkable institution. Although the museum was not opened until 1925, this book traces the longer history of colonial display which culminated in the establishment of the Zanzibar Museum. It reveals the complexity of colonial knowledge production in the changing political context of the twentieth century British Empire and explores the broad spectrum of people from diverse communities who shaped its existence as staff, informants, collectors and teachers. Through vivid narratives involving people, objects and exhibits, this book exposes the fractures, contradictions and tensions in creating and maintaining a colonial museum, and casts light on the conflicted character of the colonial mission in eastern Africa.

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Sarah Longair received her PhD from Birkbeck, University of London, and currently works in the Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the British Museum. Her research explores British colonial history in East Africa and the Indian Ocean world through material and visual culture. She has published several book chapters and articles, and has co-edited the volume Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (2012) and two special issues of the Museums History Journal.

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