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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785279303321

Titolo

Objects and others : essays on museums and material culture / / editor, George W. Stocking, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wis. : , : University of Wisconsin Press, , 1985

©1985

ISBN

1-282-64316-9

9786612643163

0-299-10323-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 258 pages) : illustrations

Collana

History of anthropology ; ; v. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

StockingGeorge W., Jr. <1928-2013.> (George Ward)

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Anthropological museums and collections - History

Anthropology - History

Material culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

Essays on museums and material culture Arranging ethnology: A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers and the typological tradition / William Ryan Chapman From shell-heaps to stelae: early anthropology at the Peabody Museum / Curtis M. Hinsley Franz Boas and exhibits: on the limitations of the museum method of anthropology / Ira Jacknis Philanthropoids and vanishing cultures: Rockefeller funding and the end of the museum era in Anglo-American anthropology / George W. Stocking, Jr Art and artifact at the Trocadero: Ars Americana and the primitivist revolution / Elizabeth A. Williams The ethnic art market in the American Southwest, 1880-1980 / Edwin L. Wade On having a culture: nationalism and the preservation of Quebec's Patrimoine / Richard Handler Writing the history of archeology: a survey of trends / Bruce G. Trigger Objects and selves: an afterword / James Clifford