Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 12:27:48 -0500
Subject: Re: Museumizing the 'other'/'Native' as spectacle?


Miriam,

You might also try Panivong Norindr's discussion of the Exposition coloniale in
Paris (1930's) and the ethno-surrealists' 'counter-exposition' in *Phantasmatic
Indochina*.  I found this work to be particularly insightful.   I think Fatimah
Toby Rony's *The Third Eye* also discusses, in at least one chapter, colonial
exhibits and museums.

Good luck,
Katherine


Emily Haddad wrote:

> Miriam,
>
> You might try Zeyneb Celik's _Displaying the Orient: Architecture of
> Islam at Nineteenth-Century World's Fairs_ (1992).
>
> Emily
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> 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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> >
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> >
> >
> >
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