PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Adam Kuper was most recently Centennial Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and a visiting professor at Boston University. A Fellow of the British Academy and a recipient of the Huxley Medal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Kuper has appeared on BBC TV and radio and reviewed regularly for the LRB and TLS, among others.
"'A formidable work ... one whose want has been much felt. Apparently easy answers to the question of what such a museum might be and universal 'solutions' to the restitution problem are elegantly shown to be entangled in contradictions and false assumptions' - Nigel Barley, former Assistant Keeper at the British Museum and author 'This is the must-read book for anyone interested in the history of ethnographic museums and how the urban public of Western industrial nations learned about the myriad ""other people"" living on our planet. Kuper applies his monumental knowledge of the history of anthropological scholarship to lay out his vision of how the ethnographic museums were born, thrived, and eventually moved to the margins of public imagination. Yet, as he rightly claims, big ethnographic museums face new beginnings in the 21st century - ones defined by creative exhibits, ethical stewardship, and modern education about lives and cultures of world's ""other people""' - Igor Krupnik, Chair of Anthropology and Curator of Circumpolar Ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 'Praise for Adam Kuper: 'Witty, entertaining, and compulsively readable' - David N. Gellner, University of Oxford 'Will enlighten any reader ... [Kuper] brings to life the personalities and clashes during a time that spawned outsize personalities, moments of brilliance, and several generations of students' - Stephen Gudeman, University of Minnesota 'An excellent, comprehensive tour through one of the most important and influential schools of anthropological theory' - New Books Network"
