Museums in the twenty-first century -- Stretching the National Museum -- A history of ethnographic museums -- The ethnography of museums -- Practices of object display -- Object and image repatriation.
Summary:
" ... Provides a clear and concise summary of the key ideas, debates and texts of the most important approaches to the study of museums from around the world. The book examines ways to address the social relations of museums, embedded in their sites, collections, and exhibitions, as an integral part of the visual and material culture they comprise." -- Back cover.
Series:
Key texts in the anthropology of visual and material culture
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