Contesting human remains in museum collections : the crisis of cultural authority / Tiffany Jenkins.
- Jenkins, Tiffany.
- Date:
- 2011
- Books
About this work
Description
An examination of the construction of contestation over human remains from a sociological perspective, this work advances an emerging area of academic research, setting the terms of debate, synthesizing disparate ideas, & making sense of a broader cultural focus on dead bodies in the contemporary period.
Publication/Creation
New York ; London : Routledge, 2011.
Physical description
174 pages ; 24 cm.
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-165) and index.
Contents
Transforming concerns about human remains into an issue -- Scientists contest repatriation -- The crisis of cultural authority -- The rise and impact of pagan claims-makers -- Explaining why human remains are a problem -- Covering up the mummies -- Concluding thoughts.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineYW.AQOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 9780415879606
- 0415879604