Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 08:22:33 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: Museumizing the 'other'/'Native' as spectacle? 


hello,

you might also try sander gilman's article "black bodies, white bodies:
toward an iconography of female sexuality in late nineteenth-century art,
medicine, and literature" in _"race," writing, and difference." Ed. henry
louis gates jr.  u of chicago press, 1986.

rebecka


On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Miriam Schacht wrote:

> 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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> 
> Assistant Instructor, Dept. of English
> University of Texas at Austin
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> Austin, TX 78712
> 
> 
> 
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