Academic anthropology and the museum :: back to the future /

The museum boom, with its accompanying objectification and politicization of culture, finds its counterpart in the growing interest by social scientists in material culture, much of which is to be found in museums. Not surprisingly, anthropologists in particular are turning their attention again to...

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Weitere Verfasser: Bouquet, Mary, 1955-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Berghahn Books, ©2001.
Schriftenreihe:New directions in anthropology ; v. 13.
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Zusammenfassung:The museum boom, with its accompanying objectification and politicization of culture, finds its counterpart in the growing interest by social scientists in material culture, much of which is to be found in museums. Not surprisingly, anthropologists in particular are turning their attention again to museums, after decades of neglect, during which fieldwork became the hallmark of modern anthropology - so much so that the ""social"" and the ""material"" parted company so radically as to produce a kind of knowledge gap between historical collections and the intellectuals who might have benefitted
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781782386612
1782386610
1306862094
9781306862097

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