1st Edition
British Representations of the Middle East in the Exhibition Space, 1850–1932 Race, Gender, and Morality
By Holly O'Farrell
Copyright 2024
238 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
238 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
238 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This volume analyses British exhibitions of Middle Eastern (particularly ancient Egyptian and Persian) artefacts during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries – examining how these exhibitions defined British self image in response to the Middle Eastern ‘other’.
This study is an original interpretation of the exhibition space along intersectional constructionist lines, revealing how... Read more
1. The Theoretical and Historiographical Position 2. Historical Setting – Britain, Egypt and Iran 3. Race, Dominance and Imperialism: Stimuli and Motives for British Displays of Egypt and Iran 4. Gender in Space, Display and the Creation of Meaning 5. Morality and British Might in Response to the ‘Other’ on Display
Biography
Holly O’Farrell is currently a postdoctoral researcher with Museums, Collections and Society at Leiden University. Previously of University of Limerick, Ireland, her work covers 19th and 20th century museum representation, systems of power, the visibility of women collectors and collecting in the Middle East.
