Format:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 342 p)
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ill., maps
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23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780230222052
Series Statement:
Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
Content:
"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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-322) and index
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Cover; Contents; Illustrations and Maps; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Glossary; Introduction; Part I: Encounters with Parasites; Part II: Skulls and Histories; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780230222052
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Headhunting and Colonialism : Anthropology and the Circulation of Human Skulls in the Portuguese Empire, 1870-1930
Language:
English
URL:
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