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Why is China absent from the human remains debate
Wu, Hukeyao
Wu, Hukeyao
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2019-09
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The display of human remains has been widely studied and discussed by
archaeologists and museum curators all around the world. The discussion on this
topic involves the ethics, policies, and display methods faced by museums
concerning the repatriation, storage, care, management and interpretation of human
remains. China, however, has been absent from this debate. It is not that Chinese
museums do not display human remains. On the contrary, some Chinese museums
do exhibit human remains and proper practices and respect have been shown in
some museums. In order to find out the reasons of China’s absence from the human
remains debate, this article will review the relevant literature of Britain and China
and analyse the possible reasons from four aspects, respectively: repatriation claims,
authority, changed Chinese culture and display tendency. Besides, one case study of
a Western Han dynasty female corpse displayed in the Hunan Museum will be
reviewed as access to the Chinese context.
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Hukeyao, W. (2019). Why is China absent from the human remains debate (Master's dissertation). University of Chester, UK.
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