Negotiating Race and Rights in the Museum

Negotiating Race and Rights in the Museum traces the evolution of pervasive racial ideas, and 'post-race' allusions, over more than a century of museum thinking and practice.

List of contents

Introduction: museums, race, and rights movements; 1. White supremacy and the problem of race; 2. Cultural diversity: racism reframed; 3. The problem of identity politics; 4. Negotiating racial histories; 5. Undesirable museums in a 'post-race' America; Conclusion: race, rights, and identity in a new era

About the author

Katy Bunning is Lecturer in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester, UK, and has a background in American Studies. Her previous publications include A Museum Studies Approach to Heritage (co-edited with Sheila Watson and Amy Jane Barnes).

Summary

Negotiating Race and Rights in the Museum traces the evolution of pervasive racial ideas, and ?post-race? allusions, over more than a century of museum thinking and practice.

Product details

• Authors: Katy Bunning
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9780367435677
• ISBN: 978-0-367-43567-7
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Routledge Research in Museum Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Travel > Travel guides; Ethnic Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, ART / Museum Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General