Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections

Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 185
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ISBN-10 : 9781136897863
ISBN-13 : 1136897860
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Book Synopsis Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections by : Tiffany Jenkins

Download or read book Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections written by Tiffany Jenkins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the construction of contestation over human remains from a sociological perspective, this work advances an emerging area of academic research, setting the terms of debate, synthesizing disparate ideas, & making sense of a broader cultural focus on dead bodies in the contemporary period.


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