Title Making representations : museums in the post-colonial era / Moira G. Simpson

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1996

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Description x, 294 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm Series The heritage Heritage. Contents Pt. 1. Cultural reflections. 1. History revisited. 2. The controversy continues. 3. Voices of authorship -- Pt. 2. The 'new' museum paradigm. 4. Remembering the homeland. 5. From treasure house to museum and back. 6. Native American museums and cultural centres -- Pt. 3. Human remains and cultural property: the politics of control. 7. Bones of contention: human remains in museum collections. 8. Cultural artefacts: a question of ownership. 9. The repatriation debate: an international issue Analysis Australian aborigines Public opinion Ethnological museums and collections Indians Public opinion Indigenous peoples Public opinion Museum techniques Museums Educational aspects Public opinion America Public opinion Europe Notes Bibliography: p271-287. _ Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-287) and index Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Public opinion. Ethnological museums and collections. Indigenous peoples -- Public opinion. Museum techniques. Indians -- Public opinion. Museums -- Educational aspects. Museums -- Environmental aspects. Public opinion -- America. Public opinion -- Europe. LC no. 96011517 ISBN 0415067855 (alk. paper)

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