Subject: Re: Museumizing the 'other'/'Native' as spectacle? 
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 14:14:48 +0100


Miriam
Have you seen the book by Annie Coombes - title not recalled.
Also, a new Blackwell book - _Geography Militant_ by Felix Driver has an
excellent chapter on 'displaying the native'.
Cheers
John Bale
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From: Miriam Schacht <mschacht-AT-mail.utexas.edu>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 10:51 AM
Subject: Museumizing the 'other'/'Native' as spectacle?


> Hello all,
>
> Apologies for using this list to generate reading suggestions, but my
> library and journal searches haven't helped me very much so far...
> Apologies also if this is a bit vague; I'm trying to avoid lengthy
> summaries of my topic! Basically, I am looking for material on
>
> * Generally, the role of the museum/the exhibit in colonialism, but in
> particular,
>
> * The use of actual persons as exhibits and as spectacles - such as as
> Saartjie/Sara Baartman ("the Hottentot Venus") or Ishi ("the last wild
> Indian").
>
> I've found a few articles (such as Haraway's article on the American
Museum
> of Natural History, and several on the individual cases I've mentioned)
but
> I'm having difficulty finding more theoretical material about the use of
> "the native" as spectacle that would be useful in this context. I know
I've
> actually read some articles much like what I'm looking for, but can't for
> the life of me remember where. (That'll teach me to keep better track of
my
> reading...)
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Miriam
>
>
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>
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