Exhibiting Dilemmas Issues of Representation at the Smithsonian

Name: Exhibiting Dilemmas Issues of Representation at the Smithsonian
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ISBN: 9781560984443

ISBN-10: 1560984449

ISBN-13: 9781560984443

Edition: N/A

Authors: Amy Henderson, Adrienne L. Kaeppler

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List price: $24.95
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Publication date: 3/17/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 292
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100



Introduction




Exhibiting Memories




For Museum Audiences: The Morning of a New Day?




The Hope Diamond: Gem, Jewel, and Icon




Herbert Ward's "Ethnographic Sculptures" of Africans




Capable of Flight: The Saga of the 1903 Wright Airplane




Crystal Skulls and Other Problems: Or, "Don't Look It in the Eye"




Curating the Recent Past: The Woolworth Lunch Counter, Greensboro, North Carolina




The Unstifled Muse: The "All in the Family" Exhibit and Popular Culture at the National Museum of American History




Zuni Archangels and Ahayu:da: A Sculpted Chronicle of Power and Identity




Ambassadors in Sealskins: Exhibiting Eskimos at the Smithsonian




Curators as Agents of Change: An Insect Zoo for the Nineties




And Now for Something Completely Different: Reconstructing Duke Ellington's Beggar's Holiday for Presentation in a Museum Setting



Contributors


Index