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Headhunting and Colonialism: Anthropology and the Circulation of Human Skulls in the Portuguese Empire, 1870-1930 (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies)
Ricardo Roque
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Description for Headhunting and Colonialism: Anthropology and the Circulation of Human Skulls in the Portuguese Empire, 1870-1930 (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies)
Hardcover. An exploration of headhunting and the collection of heads for European museums in the context of colonial wars, from the 1870s to the 1930s. The book offers a new understanding of the mutually dependent interaction between indigenous peoples and colonial powers, and how collected remains became regarded as objects of wider significance. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 356 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMNT; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
An exploration of headhunting and the collection of heads for European museums in the context of colonial wars, from the 1870s to the 1930s. The book offers a new understanding of the mutually dependent interaction between indigenous peoples and colonial powers, and how collected remains became regarded as objects of wider significance.
An exploration of headhunting and the collection of heads for European museums in the context of colonial wars, from the 1870s to the 1930s. The book offers a new understanding of the mutually dependent interaction between indigenous peoples and colonial powers, and how collected remains became regarded as objects of wider significance.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
Number of Pages
342
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230222052
SKU
V9780230222052
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Ricardo Roque
RICARDO ROQUE is Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal, and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, Australia. He works on the history and anthropology of colonialism, human sciences, and cross-cultural contact in the Portuguese-speaking world. He has published extensively on crime and rebellion in British India, including Thuggee: Banditry and the British ... Read more
Reviews for Headhunting and Colonialism: Anthropology and the Circulation of Human Skulls in the Portuguese Empire, 1870-1930 (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies)
'The scanty information about the skulls was not a limitation but a challenge for the Portuguese historian Ricardo Roque, who performs detective work of the skulls' trajectory to explore Portuguese colonialism, violence, collecting practices and anthropology.' - Fenneke Sisling, Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 'Roque's Headhunting and Colonialism provides a stimulating and well-conceptualized ... Read more