04256nam 2200601 450 991046594900332120200520144314.00-19-163189-20-19-163188-4(CKB)3710000000583581(EBL)4413988(MiAaPQ)EBC4413988(Au-PeEL)EBL4413988(CaPaEBR)ebr11215156(CaONFJC)MIL892876(OCoLC)957125899(EXLCZ)99371000000058358120160622h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierKeeping their marbles how the treasures of the past ended up in museums ... and why they should stay there /Tiffany JenkinsFirst edition.Oxford, England ;New York, New York :Oxford University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (380 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-881718-5 0-19-965759-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; KEEPING THEIR MARBLES; Copyright; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; Introduction; Part I; 1: Great Explorers and Curious Collectors; ENDEAVOUR; RESOLUTION; THE FINAL VOYAGE; OBJECTS FROM THE COOK VOYAGES IN MUSEUMS TODAY; 2: The Birth of the Public Museum; CABINETS OF CURIOSITIES; FROM WONDER TO ENLIGHTENMENT; THE BRITISH MUSEUM; OPENING UP TO THE PUBLIC; REVOLUTION; THE IMPROVING MUSEUM; THE MUSEUM AGE; 3: Antiquity Fever; NAPOLEON IN EGYPT; The Rosetta Stone; The birth of Egyptology; Belzoni: 'The greatest plunderer of them all'; ANTIQUITY IN THE BRITISH MUSEUMThe Parthenon Marbles'As much as possible': Elgin takes his Marbles; The Parthenon in Athens; 'A mass of ruins': The Elgin Marbles arrive in London; PALACES WITHOUT RIVAL; Will the public taste deteriorate?; Cracking cuneiform; The value of museums; 4: Cases of Loot; NAPOLEON; RESTITUTION, TO A NEW HOME; IMPERIAL PLUNDER-THE BENIN BRONZES; IMPERIAL PLUNDER: YUANMINGYUAN PALACE (THE CHINESE SUMMER PALACE); KNOWLEDGE THROUGH COLLABORATION; CONVENTIONS IN PLACE; CONDITIONS TODAY; Part II; 5: Museum Wars; TROUBLE IN ENLIGHTENMENT; CRITIQUING THE MUSEUM; DEFENDING THE MUSEUM AGAINST THE CRITICSPOLITICIZING CULTUREMUSEUM WARS; QUESTIONING FROM WITHIN; A STOLEN WORLD; 6: Who Owns Culture?; DOES CULTURE HAVE A HOMELAND?; THE POLITICAL MISUSE OF CULTURE; THE PROBLEM WITH REPATRIATION SCEPTICISM; OVER-PROMISING WHAT THE ENCYCLOPAEDIC MUSEUM CAN DO; WHAT IS A UNIVERSAL MUSEUM?; THE IMPORTANCE OF SOVEREIGNTY; WHERE DO 'THEIR' MARBLES BELONG?; 7: The Rise of Identity Museums; GEORGE GUSTAV HEYE; EXHIBITING LIVING INDIANS; THE RISE OF IDENTITY MUSEUMS; REDEFINING THE MISSION; FINDING THE RIGHT BALANCE; 8: Atonement: Making Amends for Past Wrongs; THE POLITICS OF REGRET; WHO BENEFITS?REWRITING HISTORY9: Burying Knowledge: The Fate of Human Remains; HUMAN REMAINS IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS; REPATRIATING HUMAN REMAINS; WHOSE HUMAN REMAINS ARE THEY?; WHY DID HUMAN REMAINS BECOME A PROBLEM?; Concluding Thoughts; NOTES; Introduction; Chapter 1. Great Explorers and Curious Collectors; Chapter 2. The Birth of the Public Museum; Chapter 3. Antiquity Fever; Chapter 4. Cases of Loot; Chapter 5. Museum Wars; Chapter 6. Who Owns Culture?; Chapter 7. The Rise of Identity Museums; Chapter 8. Atonement: Making Amends for Past Wrongs; Chapter 9. Burying Knowledge: The Fate of Human RemainsConcluding ThoughtsFURTHER READING; INDEXMuseumsAcquisitionsMoral and ethical aspectsMuseumsAcquisitionsSocial aspectsCultural propertyProtectionElectronic books.MuseumsAcquisitionsMoral and ethical aspects.MuseumsAcquisitionsSocial aspects.Cultural propertyProtection.069.51Jenkins Tiffany916822MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465949003321Keeping their marbles2144846UNINA