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Auteur(s) : Longair, Sarah
Titre(s) : Cracks in the Dome [Texte imprimé] : fractured histories of Empire in the Zanzibar Museum, 1897-1964 / Sarah Longair
Publication : Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2015
Description matérielle : xvi, 322 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Comprend : Introduction: Zanzibar, museums and the British empire -- ; Museum precedents : British
imperial culture, collecting and display in Zanzibar: 1897-1922 -- ; "Muskiti ya Bwana
Sinclair" : building the Peace Memorial Museum, 1919-1925 -- ; "The same breed of
museum worker" : curators, collaborators and the museum community, 1925-1942 -- ;
Trusteeship of culture : acquisition and display of the museum's collection, 1925-1942
-- ; Explaining the "puzzling new world" : education and reaching out beyond the museum,
1925-1942 -- ; The museum and "the unhappy archives" : preserving Zanzibar's past
in the era of decolonisation, 1942-1964.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-311) and index
As one of the most monumental and recognisable landmarks from Zanzibar& 92;s years
as a British Protectorate, the distinctive domed building of distinctive domed building
of the Zanzibar Museum (also known as the Beit al-Amani or Peace Memorial Museum)
is widely known and familiar to Zanzibaris and visitors alike. Yet the complicated
and compelling history behind its construction and collection has been overlooked
by historians until now. Drawing on a rich and wide range of hitherto unexplored archival,
photographic, architectural and material evidence, this book is the first serious
investigation of this remarkable institution. Although the museum was not opened until
1925, this book traces the longer history of colonial display which culminated in
the establishment of the Zanzibar Museum. It reveals the complexity of colonial knowledge
production in the changing political context of the twentieth century British Empire
and explores the broad spectrum of people from diverse communities who shaped its
existence as staff, informants, collectors and teachers. Through vivid narratives
involving people, objects and exhibits, this book exposes the fractures, contradictions
and tensions in creating and maintaining a colonial museum, and casts light on the
conflicted character of the 挙1;colonial mission挙2; in eastern Africa
Sujet(s) : Zanzibar -- 1890-1964
Peace memorial museum (Zanzibar, Tanzanie)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781472437877 (hardcover) (alk. paper). - ISBN 147243787X (hardcover) (alk. paper).
- ISBN 9781472437884 (erroné) (ebook). - ISBN 9781472437891 (erroné) (epub). - ISBN
1472437888 (ebook). - ISBN 9781472437884 (ebook). - ISBN 1472437896 (epub). - ISBN
9781472437891 (epub)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb443862099
Notice n° :
FRBNF44386209
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