Science, Magic & Religion
Subtitle: The Ritual Processes Of Museum Magic (New Directions in Anthropology)
Contributors: Mary Bouquet (Editor); Nuno Porto (Editor)
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: December 10, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781571815200
Subjects: Reference; Sociology; Museum theater; Historic sites; Social Science; Rites and ceremonies; Public Policy - Cultural Policy; General; Anthropology - General; Museum exhibits; Museum techniques
First sentence: This passage from Umberto Eco's celebrated novel Foucault's Pendulum captures succinctly the central theme of this book: how are places such as the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers in Paris, one of the key settings of Eco's novel, transformed into ritual sites?