Kreps, Christina F.  1956- <br/><br/>
Liberating culture :  cross-cultural perspectives on museums, curation, and heritage preservation / 
Christina K. Kreps. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  2003. 
 - xvii, 185 p. :  ill., map ;  26 cm. 
 - Museum meanings .
 - Museum meanings .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-177) and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction: liberating culture --  The Eurocentric museum model in the non-European world --  Indigenous models of museums, curation, and concepts of cultural heritage preservation --  Reclaiming the spirit of culture: Native Americans and cultural restitution --  Museums, culture, and development --  Comparative museology and cross-cultural heritage management: emerging paradigms for museological practice. 
<br/><br/> Using examples of indigenous models from Indonesia, the Pacific, Africa and Native North America, Kreps illustrates how concepts of cultural heritage preservation and indigenous curation is transforming conventional museum practice. [from publisher's advertisement]. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415250250 0415250269 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>^^2002031776 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA3-29211 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Museums--Philosophy<br/>Museums--Social aspects<br/>Ethnological museums and collections--History.<br/>Museum curators--History.<br/>Cultural property--Protection<br/>Material culture--Conservation and restoration.<br/>Indigenous peoples--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Eurocentrism
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Cross-cultural studies<br/>History
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>AM7  / .K74 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>069/.01