Dr Kostas Arvanitis (1 results)

Hardback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. no dust jacket as the book was issued, In excellent condition, No writing or highlighting, book is crisp and clean. inquire for photos or more details. 100% satisfaction guarantee. --- Edited by Dr Kostas Arvanitis and Ms Louise Tythacott, this collection looks at how museums respond to claims for the return of objects. It has ten chapters after the editors' introduction, in three parts: overviews, case studies from around the world, and reflections on returning museum objects. It covers repatriation in the strict sense, meaning human remains and cultural items going back to descendant communities or source nations. It also covers wider restitution, where items are transferred to claimants to recognize past losses. The overview chapters question museum claims to universal and expert authority and argue for more democratic, less adversarial control of objects and the stories told about them. Four chapters look at practice in Scandinavia, New Zealand, Scotland and the United States, including a study of the 23 repatriation requests made to Scottish museums between 1990 and 2010 and a discussion of flaws and ambiguities in NAGPRA. The Parthenon Marbles are also discussed. Includes black-and-white illustrations, bibliographical references and an index.…