Headhunting and colonialism anthropology and the circulation of human skulls in the Portuguese empire, 1870-1930
Title:
Headhunting and colonialism anthropology and the circulation of human skulls in the Portuguese empire, 1870-1930
Author:
Roque, Ricardo.
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Publication Information:
Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Physical Description:
xiv, 342 p. : ill., maps.
Series:
Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: -- Illustrations and Maps -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Introduction -- PART I: ENCOUNTERS WITH PARASITES -- Parasitism in Colonial Interactions -- The Order of Ceremonial Government -- The Circulatory System of Colonial Headhunting -- PART II: SKULLS AND HISTORIES -- Trajectories of Human Skulls in Museum Collections -- Human skulls as anthropological objects -- History and Classification in Timorese Anthropology -- Collecting and the Dramas of Colonial Hostility -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
"Explores headhunting in the colonial wars and the collection of heads for European museums, 1870s-1930s. By looking at Portuguese colonialism in East Timor, it shows how indigenous peoples and colonial powers interacted in a mutually dependent way, and how collected remains became objects of political, symbolic, and scientific significance"--Provided by publisher.
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