Prophets and ghosts : the story of salvage anthropology /
Samuel J. Redman.
Bok Engelsk 2021
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Opplysninger | The birth of salvage anthropology in the nineteenth century -- Building a cultural salvage movement in the United States -- The federal government and salvage anthropology -- Salvaging society through art and image -- Cultural salvage in California -- Salvage anthropology in the modern world.. - "Nineteenth-century "salvage anthropology" preserved millions of Indigenous objects, sources of knowledge invaluable to researchers and the public. But many of these objects were stolen, and for decades exhibited as proof of cultural evolution. Samuel Redman details the tangled history and explores how we might contend with such collections today"--
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Emner | Anthropological museums and collections - History. - United States
Cultural property - Protection - History. - United States Cultural property - Repatriation - History. - United States Indians of North America - Antiquities - Collection and preservation - History. Racism in anthropology - History. - United States |
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ISBN | 9780674979574
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