Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition: Museums, the Public and Anthropology -- 1 Introduction: The Critical Theory and Practice of Museums -- 2 The Development of Museums in the Western World: Tensions between Democratization and Professionalization -- 3 Dilemmas of the Practical Anthropologist: Public Service versus Professional Interests -- 4 What Could a Social Anthropologist Do in a Museum of Anthropology? The Anthropology of Museums and Anthropology -- 5 How Anthropologists Stereotype Other People -- 6 How Anthropologists Help to Fabricate the Cultures They Study -- 7 The Definition of Native Art: The Case of Willie Seaweed -- 8 The Emerging Native View of History and Culture -- 9 De-Schooling the Museum: A Proposal to Increase Public Access to Museums and Their Resources -- 10 Are Museums or Anthropology Really Necessary Any More? -- 11 World's Fairs and the Constitution of Society: The Ideology of Expo '86 -- 12 The Big Mac Attack and the Anthropology of Everyday Life -- 13 Cannibal Tours, Glass Boxes, and the Politics of Interpretation -- 14 Museums in the Age of Deconstruction -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.