Sensible objects : colonialism, museums and material culture / edited by Elizabeth Edwards, Chris Gosden and Ruth B. Phillips.
| Other author | Edwards, Elizabeth, 1952- |
| Other author | Gosden, Chris, 1955- |
| Other author | Phillips, Ruth B. (Ruth Bliss), 1945- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | English ed. |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2006. |
| Description | xiv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Series | Wenner-Gren international symposium series Wenner-Gren international series. ^A632365 |
| Contents | Enduring and endearing feelings and the transformation of material culture in West Africa / Kathryn Linn Geurts and Elvis Gershon Adikah -- Studio photography and the aesthetics of citizenship in The Gambia, West Africa / Liam Buckley -- Cooking skill, the senses, and memory : the fate of practical knowledge / David Sutton -- Mata ora : chiseling the living face, dimensions of Maori tattoo / Ngahuia Te Akwekotuku -- Smoked fish and fermented oil : taste and smell among the Kwakwaka'wakw / Aldona Jonaitis -- Sonic spectacles of empire : the audio-visual nexus, Delhi-London, 1911-12 / Tim Barringer -- The museum as sensescape : western sensibilities and indigenous artifacts / Constance Classen and David Howes -- The fate of the senses in ethnographic modernity : the Margaret Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples at the American Museum of Natural History / Diane Losche -- Contact points : museums and the lost body problem / Jeffrey Feldman -- The beauty of letting go : fragmentary museums and archaeologies of archive / Sven Ouzman. |
| General note | Papers derived from a Wennger-Gren symposium entitled Engaging all the senses : colonialism, processes of perception and material objects, Sept. 26-Oct. 2, 2003, Sintra, Portugal. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2006004166 |
| ISBN | 1845203240 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781845203245 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1845203232 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781845203238 (hbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | GN406 .S48 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |