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Cannibal tours and glass boxes : the anthropology of museums / Michael M. Ames.

Ames, Michael M., 1933-2006 (Author). Ames, Michael M., 1933-2006 Museums, the public, and anthropology. (Added Author).

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In "Cannibal Tours and Glass Boxes, " Michael Ames examines the role and responsibility of museums and anthropology in the contemporary world. The author, an internationally renowned museum director, challenges popular concepts and criticisms of museums and presents an alternative perspective which reflects his study of critical social theory and his experience from many years of museum work. Based on the author's previous book, Museums, the Public and Anthropology, this edition includes seven new essays which argue that museums and anthropologists must contextualize and critique themselves--that they must analyse and critique the social, political, and economic systems within which they work. In the new chapters, Ames looks at teh influence of consumerism and the market economy on museums and in the production of such phenomena as the world's fairs and McDonald's hamburger chains, referring to them as 'museums of everyday life.' He also discusses the moral and political ramifications of conflicting attitudes towards Aboriginal art (art or artefact?), censorship (liberating or repressive?), museum exhibits (informative or disinformative?), and postmodernism (a new theory or an old ideology?). The earlier essays outline the development of museums in the Western world, the problems faced by anthropologists in attempting to deal with the often conflicting demands of professional as opposed to public interests, the tendency to both fabricate and stereotype, and the need to establish a reciprocal rather than exploitative relationship between museums/anthropologists and Aboriginal people. Written during the course of the last decade, these essays offer an accessible, often anecdotal, journey through on eprofessional anthropologist's concerns about, and hopes for, his discipline and its future.-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 0774803916
  • ISBN: 9780774803915
  • ISBN: 0774804831
  • ISBN: 9780774804837
  • Physical Description: xvi, 212 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©1992.

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General Note:
Revised edition of: Museums, the public, and anthropology. 1986.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-201) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The critical theory and practice of museums -- The development of museums in the Western world: tensions between democratization and professionalization -- dilemmas of the practical anthropologist: public service versus professional interests -- What could a social anthropologist do in a museum of anthropology? The anthropology of museums and anthropology -- How anthropologists stereotype other people -- How anthropologists help to fabricate the cultures they study -- The definition of native art: the case of Willie Seaweed -- The emerging native view of history and culture -- De-schooling the museum: a proposal to increase public access to museums and their resources -- Are museums or anthropology really necessary any more? -- World Fairs and the Constitution of Society: the ideology of Expo '86 -- The Big Mac attach and the anthropology of everyday life -- Cannibal tours, glass boxes, and the politics of interpretation -- Museums in the age of deconstruction.

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Anthropological museums and collections.
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