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Author Butler, Shelley, 1964-

Title Contested representations : revisiting Into the heart of Africa / Shelley Ruth Butler ; foreword by Anthony Shelton.

Publication Info. North York, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2011.
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Description 1 online resource (ix, 168 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), portraits
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Series Teaching culture
Teaching culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-161) and index.
Contents Entering the debates -- "Into the heart of Africa" and the status quo -- Prelude to the controversy -- The Coalition for the Truth about Africa: strategies and challenges -- Various positions: responses to the Coalition for the Truth about Africa.
Summary Contested Representations examines the controversy surrounding the Into the Heart of Africa exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto in 1989-90. The exhibition was meant to travel to the US and Canada, but four major museums cancelled their contracts due to its controversial nature.--Back cover.
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Subject Royal Ontario Museum -- Exhibitions.
Coalition for the Truth about Africa.
Royal Ontario Museum.
Ethnology -- Africa -- Exhibitions.
Africa -- Civilization -- Exhibitions.
Museum exhibits -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Museum exhibits -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Public opinion.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Museum Administration & Museology.
REFERENCE -- General.
TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
Civilization.
Ethnology.
Museum exhibits -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Museum exhibits -- Public opinion.
Africa.
Ontario -- Toronto.
Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs.
Other Form: Print version: Butler, Shelley, 1964- Contested representations 9781551117775 (OCoLC)773836122
ISBN 9781442603264 (electronic bk.)
1442603267 (electronic bk.)
9781551117775
1551117770

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