Cannibal tours and glass boxes : the anthropology of museums / Michael M. Ames.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ames, Michael M., 1933-2006.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums--Social aspects.

Museums.

Anthropology--Social aspects.

Anthropology.

Anthropological museums and collections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 212 pages)

Edition:

2nd rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Continuing the author's alternative perspective on museology, this new edition includes seven new essays which argue that museums and anthropologists must analyze and offer critiques of "everyday life" - that is, the very social, political and economic systems within which they work.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition: Museums, the Public and Anthropology

Introduction: The Critical Theory and Practice of Museums

The Development of Museums in the Western World: Tensions between Democratization and Professionalization

Dilemmas of the Practical Anthropologist: Public Service versus Professional Interests

What Could a Social Anthropologist Do in a Museum of Anthropology? The Anthropology of Museums and Anthropology

How Anthropologists Stereotype Other People

How Anthropologists Help to Fabricate the Cultures They Study

The Definition of Native Art: The Case of Willie Seaweed

The Emerging Native View of History and Culture

De-Schooling the Museum: A Proposal to Increase Public Access to Museums and Their Resources

Are Museums or Anthropology Really Necessary Any More?

World's Fairs and the Constitution of Society: The Ideology of Expo '86

The Big Mac Attack and the Anthropology of Everyday Life

Cannibal Tours, Glass Boxes, and the Politics of Interpretation

Museums in the Age of Deconstruction

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

First ed. has title: Museums, the public and anthropology.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-201) and index.

Contains:

Museums, the public and anthropology.

ISBN:

9786613224910

0-7748-5303-4

1-283-22491-7

OCLC:

144143922