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Sacred objects in secular spaces : exhibiting Asian religions in museums /

"We have long recognized that many objects in museums were originally on display in temples, shrines, or monasteries, and were religiously significant to the communities that created and used them. How, though, are such objects to be understood, described, exhibited, and handled now that they a...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sullivan, Bruce M., 1951- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.
Subjects:
Museums > Social aspects.
Museum exhibits > Social aspects.
Museums > Religious aspects.
Museum exhibits > Religious aspects.
Religious articles > Asia.
Religion and culture.
Asia > Religion > Sources.
Hinduism > History > Sources.
Buddhism > History > Sources.
Sikhism > History > Sources.
RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist)
RELIGION / Hinduism / General.
ART / Asian.
ART / Museum Studies.
Art > Exhibition techniques.
Religious articles.
Exhibition catalogs.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1 : Exhibiting Hindu and Sikh Religious Objects in Museums
  • Part 2 : Exhibiting Buddhist Religious Objects in Museums
  • Part 3 : Religious, Museums, Memory.