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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825528703321

Autore

Jenkins Tiffany

Titolo

Contesting human remains in museum collections : the crisis of cultural authority / / Tiffany Jenkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-89785-2

1-136-89786-0

1-283-03745-9

9786613037459

0-203-84131-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in museum studies ; ; 1

Disciplina

344/.093

Soggetti

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 - Repatriation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Simultaneously published in the UK"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Since the late 1970s human remains in museum collections have been subject to claims and controversies, such as demands for repatriation by indigenous groups who suffered under colonization. These requests have been strongly contested by scientists who research the material and consider it unique evidence. This book charts the influences at play on the contestation over human remains and examines the



construction of this problem from a cultural perspective. It shows that claims on dead bodies are not confined to once colonized groups. A group of British Pagans, Honouring the A