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

Author/creator Jenkins, Tiffany
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2011.
Description174 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Museums--Collection management. --Political aspects.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Human remains (Archaeology)--Repatriation.
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.

SeriesRoutledge studies [i.e. research] in museum studies ; 1
Routledge research in museum studies ; 1.
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 a problem -- Covering up the mummies -- Concluding thoughts.
Summary An examination of the construction of contestation over human remains from a sociological perspective, this work advances an emerging area of academic research, setting the terms of debate, synthesizing disparate ideas, & making sense of a broader cultural focus on dead bodies in the contemporary period.
General note"Simultaneously published in the UK"--Title page verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 147-165) and index.
LCCN 2010015943
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