Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 09:09:43 -0600
Subject: Re: Museumizing the 'other'/'Native' as spectacle? 


I still really like Anne McClintock's "The Angel of Progress" from Social
Text 1992 though I guess it's a bit old now. I just picked up a collection
called Unpacking Culture: Art and Commodity in Colonial and Postcolonial
Worlds, ed. Ruth B. Phillips and Christopher B. Steiner. I've only read
Steiner's piece which I liked, but the collection as a whole looks quite
relevant. There is also a fiction piece by Harry Robinson called "An
Okanagan Indian Becomes a Captive Circus Showpiece in England" in T. King's
All My Relations which might work with the Ishi stuff. 
Good luck,
Cheryl 




At 04:51 AM 10/10/00 -0500, you 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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>mschacht-AT-mail.utexas.edu  (Miriam Schacht)
>
>Assistant Instructor, Dept. of English
>University of Texas at Austin
>Parlin 108, Campus Mail Code B5000
>Austin, TX 78712
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