Collecting, ordering, governing: anthropology, museums, and liberal government

The coauthors of this theoretically innovative work explore the relationships among anthropological fieldwork, museum collecting and display, and social governance in the early twentieth century in Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, and the United States. With case studies ranging from the Mus...

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Main Author: Bennett, Tony 1947- (Author)
Other Authors: Cameron, Fiona 1960- (Contributor), Dias, Nélia (Contributor), Harrison, Rodney 1974- (Contributor), Jacknis, Ira 1952- (Contributor), McCarthy, Conal 1961- (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham ; London Duke University Press [2017]
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822373605
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822373605
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822373605
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822373605
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822373605
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Summary:The coauthors of this theoretically innovative work explore the relationships among anthropological fieldwork, museum collecting and display, and social governance in the early twentieth century in Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, and the United States. With case studies ranging from the Musée de l'Homme's 1930s fieldwork missions in French Indo-China to the influence of Franz Boas's culture concept on the development of American museums, the authors illuminate recent debates about postwar forms of multicultural governance, cultural conceptions of difference, and postcolonial policy and practice in museums. Collecting, Ordering, Governing is essential reading for scholars and students of anthropology, museum studies, cultural studies, and indigenous studies as well as museum and heritage professionals
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 340 Seiten) 46 Illustrationen
ISBN:9780822373605
DOI:10.1515/9780822373605