Contested representations : revisiting Into the heart of Africa /

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Contested Representations examines the controversy surrounding the Into the Heart of Africa exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto in 1989-90. The exhibition was meant to travel to the US and Canada, but four major museums cancelled their contracts due to its controversial nature. W...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Butler, Shelley, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press, ©2008.
Colección:Broadview ethnographies & case studies.
Temas:
Coalition for the Truth about Africa.
Royal Ontario Museum > Exhibitions.
Royal Ontario Museum
Museum exhibits > Ontario > Toronto > Public opinion.
Museum exhibits > Moral and ethical aspects.
Ethnology > Africa > Exhibitions.
Objets exposés > Ontario > Toronto > Opinion publique.
Objets exposés > Aspect moral.
Ethnologie > Afrique > Expositions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Museum exhibits > Public opinion
Museum exhibits > Moral and ethical aspects
Ethnology
Civilization
Africa > Civilization > Exhibitions.
Ontario > Toronto
Africa
Electronic books.
Exhibition catalogs
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Entering the Debates
  • Reading the Royal Ontario Museum
  • Coming into the Field
  • Museum Ethnography
  • Looking Ahead
  • Final Notes on the Forum
  • 2 Into the Heart of Africa and the Status Quo
  • The Status Quo
  • Toward a Reflexive Museology
  • Re-presenting Imperialism: A Personal Walk Through the Exhibit After the Fact
  • Museums Will Be Museums
  • 3 Prelude to the Controversy
  • The Ambiguity of Irony
  • Power Relations and Public Culture
  • The Politics of Consultation
  • ""4 The Coalition for the Truth about Africa: Strategies and Challenges""""Performing Resistance""; ""The Politics of Contestation""; ""Experiences of “Othernessâ€?""; ""Democratizing Museums""; ""A Counter Text: The CFTA Pamphlet""; ""Contradictions of Resistance""; ""Racism and Multiculturalism: Articulating a Contradiction""; ""5 Various Positions: Responses to the Coalition for the Truth about Africa""; ""Beyond Into the Heart of Africa""; ""Authority at/of the ROM""; ""Classroom Confrontations""; ""Media Conclusions: Radicalizing the CFTA""
  • ""The Academy and Complex Subject Positions""""The Black Community: “Protest and Processâ€?""; ""Victims and Victimization""; ""Other Voices at the ROM""; ""Outcomes""; ""Afterword: Canonizing an Exhibition, Renovating the ROM""; ""Appendix: Coalition for the Truth about Africa Pamphlet""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

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