Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections: The Crisis of Cultural Authority

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Since the late 1970s human remains in museum collections have been subject to claims and controversies, such as demands for repatriation by indigenous groups who suffered under colonization. These requests have been strongly contested by scientists who research the material and consider it unique evidence. This book charts the influences at play on the contestation over human remains and examines the construction of this problem from a cultural perspective. It shows that claims on dead bodies are not confined to once colonized groups. A group of British Pagans, Honouring the Ancient Dead, formed to make claims on skeletons from the British Isles, and ancient human remains, bog bodies and Egyptian mummies, which have not been requested by any group, have become the focus of campaigns initiated by members of the profession, at times removed from display in the name of respect. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections: The Crisis of Cultural Authority

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Автор
Ключевые слова искусствоведение, история искусств, история зарубежного искусства
Категории Искусство и культура, Искусствоведение
ISBN 415879604
Издательство
Год 2010
Название транслитом contesting-human-remains-in-museum-collections-the-crisis-of-cultural-authority
Название с ошибочной раскладкой contesting human remains in museum collections: the crisis of cultural authority