Contested Representations - Revisiting ''Into the Heart of Africa''

Informationen zum Autor Shelley Ruth Butler Zusammenfassung The author examines why the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada's Into the Heart of Africa exhibit failed so many people, discussing institutional politics, the broad political and intellectual climate surrounding museums, the legacies of Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. INTO THE HEART OF AFRICA AND THE STATUS QUO: The Status Quo, Toward a Reflexive Museology, Re-presenting Imperialism: A Personal Walk Through the Exhibit After the Fact 2. Museums, Contradictions of Resistance, Racism and Multiculturalism 3. VARIOUS POSITIONS: RESPONSES TO THE COALITION FOR THE TRUTH ABOUT AFRICA: Authority at/of the ROM, Classroom Confrontations, Media 4. Conclusions, The Black Community: Protest and Process, Victims and Victimization, Outcomes 5. ENTERING THE DEBATES: Coming Into the Field, Museum Ethnography 6. THE COALITION FOR THE TRUTH ABOUT AFRICA: STRATEGIES AND CHALLENGES: Performing Resistance, The Politics of Contestation, Democratizing 8. PRELUDE TO THE CONTROVERSY: The Ambiguity of Irony, Power Relations and Public Culture, The Politics of Consultation

Product details

• Authors: Shelly R. Butler
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.2016
• EAN: 9781138991736
• ISBN: 978-1-138-99173-6
• No. of pages: 152
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Society and culture: general, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc