Book Headhunting and Colonialism: Anthropology and the Circulation of Human Skulls in the Portuguese Empi R. Roque

portada Headhunting and Colonialism: Anthropology and the Circulation of Human Skulls in the Portuguese Empire, 1870-1930 (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series)

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Author

R. Roque

Year

2010

Language

English

Pages

342

Format

Hardcover

Weight

1.15

ISBN

9780230222052

ISBN13

9780230222052

Edition No.

2010

Synopsis "Headhunting and Colonialism: Anthropology and the Circulation of Human Skulls in the Portuguese Empire, 1870-1930 (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series)"

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.