Contesting human remains in museum collections : the crisis of cultural authority

Publication Data

• Title Contesting human remains in museum collections : the crisis of cultural authority
• Author Tiffany Jenkins
• Publisher Routledge
• Publication date 2011
• Publication location New York
• Language English

Descriptive Notes

"Simultaneously published in the UK"--T.p. verso.

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.

Topics

• Human remains (Archaeology)
• Human remains (Archaeology) :: Repatriation
• Museums :: Collection management :: Political aspects
• Museums :: Collection management :: Moral and ethical aspects
• Indigenous peoples :: Antiquities :: Collection and preservation
• Cultural property :: Political aspects
• Cultural property :: Moral and ethical aspects
• Cultural property :: Repatriation

Contesting human remains in museum collections : the crisis of cultural authority by Tiffany Jenkins. ISBN 9780203841310. Published by Routledge in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.