168 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
168 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
168 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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.
Drawing on the illuminating history of the Smithsonian Institution, this book offers an account of how museums have addressed and renegotiated wider calls for inclusion, ‘self-definition’, and racial justice, in... Read more
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
Biography
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).
