Chapter Fourteen Museums in the Age of Deconstruction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface to the Second Edition ix
4. Preface to the First Edition: Museums, the Public and Anthropology xiii
5. Introduction: The Critical Theory and Practice of Museums 3
6. The Development of Museums in the Western World: Tensions between Democratization and Professionalization 15
7. Dilemmas of the Practical Anthropologist: Public Service versus Professional Interests 25
8. What Could a Social Anthropologist Do in a Museum of Anthropology? The Anthropology of Museums and Anthropology 38
9. How Anthropologists Stereotype Other People 49
10. How Anthropologists Help to Fabricate the Cultures They Study 59
11. The Definition of Native Art: The Case of Willie Seaweed 70
12. The Emerging Native View of History and Culture 77
13. De-Schooling the Museum: A Proposal to Increase Public Access to Museums and Their Resources 89
14. Are Museums or Anthropology Really Necessary Any More? 98
15. World’s Fairs and the Constitution of Society: The Ideology of Expo ’86 111
16. The Big Mac Attack and the Anthropology of Everyday Life 132
17. Cannibal Tours, Glass Boxes, and the Politics of Interpretation 139
18. Museums in the Age of Deconstruction 151
19. Notes 169
20. Bibliography 175
21. Index 203