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Exhibiting madness in museums

Catharine Coleborne, Dolly MacKinnon · 2011

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This innovative collection of essays offers a comparative history of independent and institutional collections of psychiatric objects in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom. Leading scholars in the field investigate collectors, collections, their display, and the reactions to exhibitions of the history of insanity.

Book details

Year
2011
Language
English
Series
Routledge research in museum studies -- 4
Publisher
Routledge
Editions
10
Pages
218
ISBN
9780415880923

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