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Cannibal tours and glass boxes : the anthropology of museums / / Michael M. Ames
| Cannibal tours and glass boxes : the anthropology of museums / / Michael M. Ames |
| Autore | Ames Michael M. <1933-2006.> |
| Edizione | [2nd rev. ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Vancouver, : UBC Press, 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 212 pages) |
| Disciplina | 306/.074 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AmesMichael M. <1933-2006.> |
| Soggetto topico |
Museums - Social aspects
Anthropology - Social aspects Anthropological museums and collections |
| ISBN |
9786613224910
0-7748-5303-4 1-283-22491-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781136003321 |
Ames Michael M. <1933-2006.>
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| Vancouver, : UBC Press, 1992 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Manlike monsters on trial [[electronic resource] ] : early records and modern evidence / / edited by Marjorie M. Halpin, Michael M. Ames
| Manlike monsters on trial [[electronic resource] ] : early records and modern evidence / / edited by Marjorie M. Halpin, Michael M. Ames |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Vancouver, : University of British Columbia Press, c1980 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (373 p.) |
| Disciplina | 001.944 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HalpinMarjorie M. <1937->
AmesMichael M. <1933-2006.> |
| Soggetto topico |
Sasquatch
Yeti Monsters |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-22676-6
9786613226761 0-7748-5785-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""I: MONSTERS IN THE FORESTS OF THE MIND""; ""Investigating the Goblin Universe""; ""Sasquatch and Scientists: Reporting Scientific Anomalies""; ""The Unwanted Possession: The Origin of Monsters from a Psychoanalytic Point of View""; ""Medieval Monsters""; ""The Concept of L'Homme Sauvage""; ""Sasquatch-like Creatures in Newfoundland: A Study in the Problems of Belief, Perception, and Reportage""; ""The Cultural Role of Monsters in Canada""; ""II: MANLIKE MONSTERS OF THE NATIVE NEW WORLD""
""In Myth The Witiko: Algonkian Knowledge and Whiteman Knowledge""""Windigo Goes South: Stoneclad among the Cherokees""; ""Monsters and the Quest for Balance in Native Northwest California""; ""Monsters and the Anthropologist's Reality""; ""In Art The Familiar and the Grotesque: The Roots of Monster-Making in a Mexican Indian Village""; ""Man, Beast, and Transformation in Canadian Inuit Art and Culture""; ""The Tsimshian Monkey Mask and the Sasquatch""; ""Carved Stone Heads of the Columbia River and the Sasquatch""; ""III: CONTEMPORARY SASQUATCH INVESTIGATION""; ""What is the Sasquatch?"" ""Sasquatch: The Testimony of Tradition""""Ethnographic Information on a Wild Man of the Caucasus""; ""Population Clines of the North American Sasquatch as Evidenced by Track Lengths and Estimated Statures""; ""Estimates of Pitch and Vocal Tract Length from Recorded Vocalizations of Purported Bigfoot""; ""Analysis of Feces and Hair Suspected to be of Sasquatch Origin""; ""Epilogue to Manlike Monsters on Trial""; ""Bibliography: Published Materials Concerning the ""Abominable Snowman,"" the Yeti, the Sasquatch, and Related Hominidae"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456333803321 |
| Vancouver, : University of British Columbia Press, c1980 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Manlike monsters on trial : early records and modern evidence / / editors, Marjorie M. Halpin, Michael M. Ames
| Manlike monsters on trial : early records and modern evidence / / editors, Marjorie M. Halpin, Michael M. Ames |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Vancouver : , : University of British Columbia Press, , 1980 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (373 pages) : illustrations, plates |
| Disciplina | 001.944 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HalpinMarjorie M. <1937->
AmesMichael M. <1933-2006.> |
| Soggetto topico |
Sasquatch
Yeti Monsters |
| ISBN |
1-283-22676-6
9786613226761 0-7748-5785-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""I: MONSTERS IN THE FORESTS OF THE MIND""; ""Investigating the Goblin Universe""; ""Sasquatch and Scientists: Reporting Scientific Anomalies""; ""The Unwanted Possession: The Origin of Monsters from a Psychoanalytic Point of View""; ""Medieval Monsters""; ""The Concept of L'Homme Sauvage""; ""Sasquatch-like Creatures in Newfoundland: A Study in the Problems of Belief, Perception, and Reportage""; ""The Cultural Role of Monsters in Canada""; ""II: MANLIKE MONSTERS OF THE NATIVE NEW WORLD""
""In Myth The Witiko: Algonkian Knowledge and Whiteman Knowledge""""Windigo Goes South: Stoneclad among the Cherokees""; ""Monsters and the Quest for Balance in Native Northwest California""; ""Monsters and the Anthropologist's Reality""; ""In Art The Familiar and the Grotesque: The Roots of Monster-Making in a Mexican Indian Village""; ""Man, Beast, and Transformation in Canadian Inuit Art and Culture""; ""The Tsimshian Monkey Mask and the Sasquatch""; ""Carved Stone Heads of the Columbia River and the Sasquatch""; ""III: CONTEMPORARY SASQUATCH INVESTIGATION""; ""What is the Sasquatch?"" ""Sasquatch: The Testimony of Tradition"" ""Ethnographic Information on a Wild Man of the Caucasus""; ""Population Clines of the North American Sasquatch as Evidenced by Track Lengths and Estimated Statures""; ""Estimates of Pitch and Vocal Tract Length from Recorded Vocalizations of Purported Bigfoot""; ""Analysis of Feces and Hair Suspected to be of Sasquatch Origin""; ""Epilogue to Manlike Monsters on Trial""; ""Bibliography: Published Materials Concerning the ""Abominable Snowman,"" the Yeti, the Sasquatch, and Related Hominidae"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780684603321 |
| Vancouver : , : University of British Columbia Press, , 1980 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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