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Cannibal tours and glass boxes : the anthropology of museums /
Continuing the author's alternative perspective on museology, this new edition includes seven new essays which argue that museums and anthropologists must analyze and offer critiques of "everyday life" - that is, the very social, political and economic systems within which they work.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Vancouver [B.C.] :
UBC Press,
1992.
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| Edición: | 2nd rev. ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The critical theory and practice of museums
- The development of museums in the Western world: tensions between democratization and professionalization
- dilemmas of the practical anthropologist: public service versus professional interests
- What could a social anthropologist do in a museum of anthropology? The anthropology of museums and anthropology
- How anthropologists stereotype other people
- How anthropologists help to fabricate the cultures they study
- The definition of native art: the case of Willie Seaweed
- The emerging native view of history and culture
- De-schooling the museum: a proposal to increase public access to museums and their resources
- Are museums or anthropology really necessary any more?
- World Fairs and the Constitution of Society: the ideology of Expo '86
- The Big Mac attach and the anthropology of everyday life
- Cannibal tours, glass boxes, and the politics of interpretation
- Museums in the age of deconstruction.