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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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).

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Katy Bunning
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9780367435677
• ISBN: 978-0-367-43567-7
• Pagine: 156
• Serie: Routledge Research in Museum Studies
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Viaggi > Guide turistiche; 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