Mannequins in Museums

List of Figures; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: The Museum Mannequin as "Body Without Organs"; Chapter Two: From Life?: Histories and Contemporary Perspectives on Modeling Native American Humankind through Mannequins at the Smithsonian; Chapter Three: Likeness and Likeability: Human Remains, Facial Reconstructions, and Identity-Making in Museum Displays; Chapter Four: Fashion and Physique: Size, Shape, and Body Politics in the Display of Historical Dress; Chapter Five: Asian Physiques of Mannequins in American Art Museums; Chapter Six: Figures of Speech: Black History at The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum; Chapter Seven: Black is the Color of My True Love's Skin: The Symbolism and Significance of the Black Female Mannequin Figure in Mary Sibande's Creative work; Index.

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