Tiffany Jenkins

Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections (eBook, PDF)

The Crisis of Cultural Authority

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines why human remains in museum collections have become controversial in the last three decades. It establishes that the issue has been promoted by influential members of the sector as part of a broader attempt to distance themselves from their foundational role as a consequence of a crisis of cultural authority.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136897863
• Artikelnr.: 43821273

Autorenporträt

Dr Tiffany Jenkins is arts and society director of the London based think-tank, the Institute of Ideas. She is a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and a member of the Working Group on Cultural Property and Heritage Law. She writes and comments for the national media on cultural matters.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1.Transforming Concerns about Human Remains into an Issue 2.
Scientists Contest Repatriation 3.The Crisis of Cultural Authority 4.The
Rise and Impact of Pagan Claims-Makers 5. Explaining Why Human Remains Are
the Problem 6. Covering Up the Mummies. Concluding Thoughts

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Introduction 1.Transforming Concerns about Human Remains into an Issue 2. Scientists Contest Repatriation 3.The Crisis of Cultural Authority 4.The Rise and Impact of Pagan Claims-Makers 5. Explaining Why Human Remains Are the Problem 6. Covering Up the Mummies. Concluding Thoughts

Rezensionen

'This is an excellent and detailed introduction to an important topic in the museum field today.' - Annette Rein, ICOM News

'Fluent and well-argued' - Minerva

'describes, with thinly disguised dismay, the changes that led the British Museum and Natural History Museum to abandon their opposition to repatriating human remains.' - The Art Newspaper

'This is an excellent and detailed introduction to an important topic in the museum field today.' - Annette Rein, ICOM News

'Fluent and well-argued' - Minerva

'describes, with thinly disguised dismay, the changes that led the British Museum and Natural History Museum to abandon their opposition to repatriating human remains.' - The Art Newspaper