Screen LibraryContesting human remains in museum collections : the crisis of cultural authority /
An examination of the construction of contestation over human remains from a sociological perspective, this work advances an emerging area of academic research, setting the terms of debate, synthesizing disparate ideas, & making sense of a broader cultural focus on dead bodies in the contemporar...
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge studies [i.e. research] in museum studies ;
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| Summary: |
An examination of the construction of contestation over human remains from a sociological perspective, this work advances an emerging area of academic research, setting the terms of debate, synthesizing disparate ideas, & making sense of a broader cultural focus on dead bodies in the contemporary period. |
| Item Description: | "Simultaneously published in the UK"--Title page verso. |
| Carrier Form: | 174 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-165) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780415879606 (paperback) : 0415879604 9780203841310 (ebk.) 020384131X (ebk.) 9781138801196 1138801194 |
| Index Number: | CC79 |
| CLC: |
Q981-05 Q911.2-05 |
| Call Number: | Q911.2-05/J528 |
| Contents: | Transforming concerns about human remains into an issue -- Scientists contest repatriation -- The crisis of cultural authority -- The rise and impact of pagan claims-makers -- Explaining why human remains are a problem -- Covering up the mummies -- Concluding thoughts. |