Museums and the representation of black history

Author

Ramamurthy, Anandi (Editor); Mehmood, Tariq; Ghadamosi, Gabriel; Tawadros, Giliane; MacDonald, Sally

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Museums journal. 1990, Num. 9, Vol. 90, 23-33, 10 ill. (5 col.)

ISSN

0027-416X

Abstract (en)

Four articles on the representation of slavery, black history, and colonialism in British museums: Introduction, by Ramamurthy; "So much misery condensed," by Gabriel Ghadamosi, on the Wilberforce House Museum (Hull); "Trophies of plunder," by Tariq Mehmood, on Liverpool's museums and its past as a slave port; "Is the past a foreign country?," by Giliane Tawadros, on museums as products of cultural imperialism; "Telling white lies," by Sally MacDonald, on the Geffrye Museum (London).

Subject (en)

• General works -- Museums and museology
• Museums
• Great Britain
• 1900-2000
• Blacks
• Slavery
• Colonialism
• Representation
• Wilberforce House and Georgian Houses||Hull (GBR)
• Liverpool (GBR)
• Geffrye Museum||London (GBR)
• Art

Subject (fr)

• Généralités -- Musées et muséologie
• Musée
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1900-2000
• Noirs
• Esclavage
• Colonialisme
• Représentation
• Wilberforce House and Georgian Houses||Hull (GBR)
• Liverpool (GBR)
• Geffrye Museum||London (GBR)
• Art

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920401-00420618

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