Whose culture? : the promise of museums and the debate over antiquities
by
 
Cuno, James B.

Title
Whose culture? : the promise of museums and the debate over antiquities

Author
Cuno, James B.

ISBN
9781400833047

Publication Information
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012.

Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 220 pages :) : illustrations

Abstract
The international controversy over who "owns" antiquities has pitted museums against archaeologists and source countries where ancient artifacts are found. In his book Who Owns Antiquity?, James Cuno argued that antiquities are the cultural property of humankind, not of the countries that lay exclusive claim to them. Now in Whose Culture?, Cuno assembles preeminent museum directors, curators, and scholars to explain for themselves what's at stake in this struggle--and why the museums' critics couldn't be more wrong. Source countries and archaeologists favor tough cultural property laws restric.

Subject Term
Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Moral and ethical aspects.
 
Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Social aspects.
 
Cultural property -- Protection.
 
Cultural property -- Repatriation.
 
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
 
Museum exhibits -- Moral and ethical aspects.
 
Museums -- Acquisitions -- Moral and ethical aspects.
 
Museums -- Philosophy.

Added Author
Cuno, James B.

Electronic Access
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7pgrk


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Online LibraryE-Book376587-1001ONLINEElektronik Kütüphane