Overview

Moira Simpson looks at how non-western cultures have been exhibited in western museums in the past and how this practice is now being changed. Ethnic minorities, for example American Indian and Australian Aboriginal, are demanding sacred objects and human remains back from western display, to set up their own museums. This book looks at the way western museums are reacting to these demands, and developing new policy and practice to address this.

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'Making Representations is a beautifully double-edged title. It expresses the activity of museums as they display and interpret cultures, but also voices the growing demands of the peoples represented to be involved in the way their culture is presented in museums.' - Museums Journal 'The book is well presented and illustrated. This is a genuinely helpful contribution to museum thinking and should become a standard museum studies text.' - Gaynor Kavanagh, University of Leicester 'This book is a fundamental re-evaluation of the contemporary role of anthropology and social history in museums in the post-colonial era.' - Museums Journal 'I thoroughly enjoyed this book ... Making Representations is both comprehensive and interesting, and would make an excellent reader and reference source for students ... it is a success.' - Anna Edmundson, Anthropological Forum 'Making Representations is a beautifully double-edged title. It expresses the activity of museums as they display and interpret cultures, but also voices the growing demands of the peoples represented to be involved in the way their culture is presented in museums.' - Museums Journal 'The book is well presented and illustrated. This is a genuinely helpful contribution to museum thinking and should become a standard museum studies text.' - Gaynor Kavanagh, University of Leicester

'This book is a fundamental re-evaluation of the contemporary role of anthropology and social history in museums in the post-colonial era.' - Museums Journal 'Making Representations is a beautifully double-edged title. It expresses the activity of museums as they display and interpret cultures, but also voices the growing demands of the peoples represented to be involved in the way their culture is presented in museums.' - Gillian Crowther, Museums Journal 'The book is well presented and illustrated. This is a genuinely helpful contribution to museum thinking and should become a standard museum studies text.' - Gaynor Kavanagh, University of Leicester

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Moira G. Simpson

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