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Title Museums, moralities and human rights / Richard Sandell.
Author Sandell, Richard, 1967- author.
Publisher London : Routledge, 2017.


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 In Library  Standard  Library Level 11  Fine Arts N410 SAN4  

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Description xxi, 181 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm.
ISBN 9781138231993 hardback : alkaline paper
9781138232013 paperback : alkaline paper
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue -- Progress and protest -- "I am he that aches with love" -- Coming out stories -- Taking sides -- Museums and the transgender tipping point -- Museum work as human rights work -- Appendix 1.
Scope & Content "This book explores how museums, galleries and heritage sites of all kinds--through the narratives they construct and publicly present--contribute to shaping the moral and political climate within which human rights are experienced, continually sought and fought for, realised and refused. Through a series of richly-drawn cases and a focus on same-sex love and desire and gender diversity, Richard Sandell examines the ways in which museums are implicated in the ongoing struggle for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex human rights. Museums, Moralities and Human Rights offers new insights by bringing together, for the first time, the perspectives and experiences not only of those who work in, govern, fund and visit museums but also those of rights activists and campaigners who, at key moments in their struggle, have turned their attention to museums to advance their cause"--Provided by publisher.
Series Museum meanings.
Library Class Fine Arts N410
Subject Museums -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Historic sites -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Human rights -- Social aspects.
Sexual minorities -- Civil rights.
Museums -- Political aspects.
Historic sites -- Political aspects.

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