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Negotiating race and rights in the museum / Katy Bunning.

" 'Negotiating Race and Rights in the Museum' traces the evolution of pervasive racial ideas, and 'post-race' allusions, over more than a century of museum thinking and practice. Focusing primarily on key moments in history, but also including reflections on more recent time...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Bunning, Katy (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Series:Routledge research in museum studies.
Subjects:
National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) > Case studies.
Smithsonian Institution > Case studies.
African Americans > Exhibitions > History.
African Americans > Museums > History.
Museums and minorities > United States.
Slavery in museum exhibits > United States.
African Americans > Race identity.
Collective memory > United States.
Museums > Social aspects > United States.
National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)
Smithsonian Institution.
Collective memory.
Museums and minorities.
Museums > Social aspects.
Slavery in museum exhibits.
United States.
Case studies.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • <P>Introduction: museums, race, and rights movements; 1. White supremacy and the problem of race; 2. Cultural diversity: racism reframed; 3. The problem of identity politics; 4. Negotiating racial histories; 5. Undesirable museums in a 'post-race' America; Conclusion: race, rights, and identity in a new era</P>

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