Contesting human remains in museum collections : the crisis of cultural authority / Tiffany Jenkins.
Series: Routledge research in museum studies. 1 | Routledge research in museum studies ; 1Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2011. Description: 174 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780415879606Subject(s): Human remains (Archaeology) | Human remains (Archaeology) -- Repatriation | Museums -- Collection management -- Political aspects | Museums -- Collection management -- Moral and ethical aspects | Indigenous peoples -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation | Cultural property -- Political aspects | Cultural property -- Moral and ethical aspects | Cultural property -- RepatriationDDC classification: 344/.093 LOC classification: CC79.5. | H85J46 2011
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 the problem -- Covering up the mummies -- Concluding thoughts.
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"Simultaneously published in the UK"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-165) and index.
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 the problem -- Covering up the mummies -- Concluding thoughts.