{"product_id":"the-museum-of-other-people-von-adam-kuper","title":"The Museum of Other People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTLS \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A formidable work' Nigel Barley, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Innocent Anthropologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Should be required reading' Richard Lambert, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A magnificent, moving survey' Felipe Fernández-Armesto, \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a history of the ways in which foreign and prehistoric peoples were represented in museums of anthropology, with their displays of arts and artifacts, their dioramas, their special exhibitions, and their arrays of skulls and skeletons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally created as colonial enterprises, what is the purpose of these places today? What should they do with the items in their custodianship? And how can they help us to understand and appreciate other cultures?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInformed by a lifetime of research and scholarship, this subtle and original work tackles painful questions about race, colonialism, difference, and cultural appropriation. The result is a must-read for anyone concerned with the coexistence of different modes of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781800810938\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFrom Colonial Acquisitions to Cosmopolitan Exhibitions\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9781800810938","offer_id":47180172394821,"sku":"9781800810938","price":16.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/8ed3ad6b-8b81-496a-a48b-c41ce8be055b.jpg?v=1779854577","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-museum-of-other-people-von-adam-kuper","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}