1st Edition
Exhibiting Maori A History of Colonial Cultures of Display
By Conal McCarthy
Copyright 2007
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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This richly illustrated book presents a comprehensive assessment of the display of Maori culture from the nineteenth century to today. In doing so, Exhibiting Maori traces the long journey from curio to specimen, artefact, art and taonga (treasure). Drawing on extensive and groundbreaking research, Exhibiting Maori reveals for the first time the remarkable story of Maori resistance to, involvement... Read more
Introduction: The cultures of display1. 'Colonialism's culture,' 1865-19132. 'Our nation's story,' 1914-423. 'Art apart,' 1949-794. 'Emblems of identity,' 1980-19905. 'Mana taonga', 1991-2001Conclusion: The subaltern speaksGlossary
Biography
Conal McCarthy is Director of the Museum & Heritage Studies programme at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
