{"product_id":"fashion-and-museums-marie-riegels-melchior-9781472527660","title":"Fashion and Museums: Theory and Practice","description":"Why is fashion \"in fashion\" in museums today? This timely volume brings together expert scholars and curators to examine the reasons behind fashion's popularity in the twenty-first century museum and the impact this has had on wider museum practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapters explore the role of fashion in the museum across a range of international case studies including the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Fashion Museum at Bath, ModeMuseum in Antwerp and many more. Contributions look at topics such as how fashion has made museums accessible to diverse audiences and how curators present broader themes and issues such as gender, class and technology innovatively through exhibiting fashion. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on approaches from dress history, fashion studies, museum studies and curatorship, this engaging book will be key reading for students and scholars across a range of disciplines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marie Riegels Melchior\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472527666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472527660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Continnuum-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2015 pg. 1130","brand":"Marie Riegels Melchior","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980462784767,"sku":"9781472527660","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b25a9461-e3fc-430d-9cfc-1dccc56878ed.jpg?v=1683250043","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fashion-and-museums-marie-riegels-melchior-9781472527660","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}