How the Treasures of the Past Ended Up in Museums - And Why They Should Stay There
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Köp båda 2 för 448 krJames Heartfield, Spiked Excellent.
Christopher Allen, Australian Book Review Full of fascinating material.
Juanita Coulson, The Lady 5 stars: From Greece's Elgin Marbles to Nigeria's Benin Bronzes, archaeological finds from around the world are held by the West's top museums. This is the story of their often bloody acquisitions - and a well argued case for keeping them there.
Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald Books of the year 2016
Wall Street Journal Ms. Jenkins has produced a courageous and well-argued book; the howls you hear in the background are those of the contrition crowd.
James Delingpole, Spectator Brilliant and fascinating
Robbie Millen, The Times The dubious means by which museum collections were gathered has fuelled the demands for treasures to be repatriated. Surely they ought to be returned? No, says Tiffany Jenkins, a culture writer, and she marshals a powerful case.
Michael Prodger, RA Magazine This book is both a lucid account of how the great world museums came by their treasures and a robust argument as to why (human remains such as bones aside) they should keep them.
John Carey, The Sunday Times An outstanding achievement, clear-headed, wide-ranging and incisive.
Mark Fisher, Spectator Tiffany Jenkins applies her considerable experience of cultural policy to construct an excellent survey ... Her level-headed and balanced book ... is a valuable contribution to the international debate, and will enrich audiences and scholars for a long time to come.
Peter Jones, BBC History magazine [Jenkins] has much of interest to say about the development of museums and their changing ideology.
Art Newspaper a potted but vivid history
Lucia Marchini, Minerva [An] eloquent defence of museums ... The arguments in this book are well-considered and not just one-sided ... A well-researched and thought-provoking take on a very complex and controversial subject. Using an array of captivating examples, the book addresses a range of broader heritage issues such as treatment of human remains, the role of museums today and how to protect the past.
David Hurst Thomas, Nature Jenkins does an excellent job of portraying the extreme reactions elicited by repatriation conversations.
Mike Pitts, British Archaeology clear, informed and well-referenced ... Specialists, and anyone with an interest in contemporary culture, can equally enjoy and learn from this calm, balanced and respectful review, in a field distinguished more by polemic than wisdom.
William St Clair, Literary Review Jenkin's book provides a welcome introduction to some of the questions facing museums today.
Adrian Spooner, Classics for All [Jenkins] elegantly lines up the arguments and provides careful, balanced and well-considered responses.
David Lowenthal, Evening Standard Jenkins skilfully critiques the manifold issues that beleaguer museums today.
Mary Beard, autho...
Tiffany Jenkins is an author, academic, broadcaster, and consultant on cultural policy. Her writing credits include the Independent, the Art Newspaper, the Guardian, the Scotsman (for which she was a weekly columnist on social and cultural issues) and the Spectator. She is an Honorary Fellow in Department of Art History at the University of Edinburgh; a former visiting fellow in the Department of Law at the London School of Economics and was previously the director of the Arts and Society Programme at the Institute of Ideas. She competed her PhD in Sociology at the University of Kent and divides her time between London and Edinburgh. She has advised a number of organisations on cultural policy, including Trinity College, Dublin; English Heritage; the British Council; the Norwegian government; the University of Oslo; Norwegian Theatres and Orchestras; and the National Touring Network for Performing Arts, Norway.
IntroductionPART I 1: Great Explorers and Curious Collectors 2: The Birth of the Public Museum 3: Antiquity Fever 4: Cases of LootPART II 5: Museum Wars 6: Who Owns Culture? 7: The Rise of Identity Museums 8: Atonement: Making Amends for Past Wrongs 9: Burying Knowledge: The Fate of Human Remains Concluding Thoughts Notes Further Reading Index