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Phillips, Ruth B. (Ruth Bliss), 1945-
Subjects
First Nations -- Museums -- Canada.
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Museums.
Museums and First Nations -- Canada.
Museums and Indigenous peoples -- Canada.
Museums -- Social aspects -- Canada.
Museums -- Political aspects -- Canada.
Museum exhibits -- Canada.
Multiculturalism -- Canada -- Museums.
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Phillips, Ruth B. (Ruth Bliss), 1945-
First Nations -- Museums -- Canada.
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Museums.
Museums and First Nations -- Canada.
Museums and Indigenous peoples -- Canada.
Museums -- Social aspects -- Canada.
Museums -- Political aspects -- Canada.
Museum exhibits -- Canada.
Multiculturalism -- Canada -- Museums.
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Museum pieces : toward the indigenization of Canadian
museums
/ Ruth B. Phillips.
by
Phillips, Ruth B. (Ruth Bliss), 1945-
McGill-Queen's University Press, c2011.
Call #:
305.897071 P562m
Subjects
First Nations
--
Museums
--
Canada
.
Indigenous peoples
--
Canada
--
Museums
.
Museums
and First Nations
--
Canada
.
Museums
and Indigenous peoples
--
Canada
.
Museums
--
Social
aspects
--
Canada
.
Museums
--
Political
aspects
--
Canada
.
Museum exhibits
--
Canada
.
Multiculturalism
--
Canada
--
Museums
.
Series
McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation studies in art history ; 7.
ISBN:
9780773539068 (pbk.)
0773539069 (pbk.)
Description:
xvi, 376 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-357), Internet addresses and index.
Summary:
The practices of Canadian
museums
to accommodate differences and inclusivity are 'indigenous" not only because they originate in Aboriginal activism but because they draw on a distinctively Canadian preference for compromise and tolerance for ambiguity. Phillips shows how changes in Indigenous art displays, curatorial voice, and authority stem from broad
social
, economic, and political forces outside the
museums
and moves beyond Canadian institutions and practices to discuss historically interrelated developments and exhibitions in the United States and other countries.
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