Whose culture? : the promise of museums and the debate over antiquities /
The international controversy over who “owns” antiquities has pitted museums against archaeologists and source countries where ancient artifacts are found. In his book Who Owns Antiquity?, James Cuno argued that antiquities are the cultural property of humankind, not of the countries that lay exclus...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2012.
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| ISBN: | 9781400833047 1400833043 0691133336 9780691133331 0691154430 9780691154435 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Whose Culture?; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE The Value of Museums; To Shape the Citizens of "That Great City, the World"; "And What Do You Propose Should Be Done with Those Objects?"; Whose Culture Is It?; PART TWO The Value of Antiquities; Antiquities and the Importance--and Limitations--of Archaeological Contexts; Archaeologists, Collectors, and Museums; Censoring Knowledge: The Case for the Publication of Unprovenanced Cuneiform Tablets; PART THREE Museums, Antiquities, and Cultural Property.
- Exhibiting Indigenous Heritage in the Age of Cultural PropertyHeritage and National Treasures; The Nation and the Object; Select Bibliography; Contributors; Index.