Headhunting and colonialism : anthropology and the circulation of human skulls in the Portuguese empire, 1870-1930 / / Ricardo Roque.

"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 p...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
:
TeilnehmendeR:
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
Online Access:
Physical Description:xiv, 342 p. :; ill., maps.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
LEADER 02966nam a2200517 a 4500
001 500598066
003 MiAaPQ
005 20200520144314.0
006 m o d |
007 cr cn|||||||||
008 091106s2010 enkab sb 001 0 eng
010 |z  2009046793 
016 7 |z 101528533  |2 DNLM 
020 |z 9780230222052 (hardback) 
035 |a (MiAaPQ)500598066 
035 |a (Au-PeEL)EBL598066 
035 |a (CaPaEBR)ebr10425013 
035 |a (CaONFJC)MIL287003 
035 |a (OCoLC)649366254 
040 |a MiAaPQ  |c MiAaPQ  |d MiAaPQ 
043 |a a-io---  |a e-po--- 
050 4 |a GN85.P8  |b R67 2010 
082 0 4 |a 599.9/4809469  |2 22 
100 1 |a Roque, Ricardo. 
245 1 0 |a Headhunting and colonialism  |h [electronic resource] :  |b anthropology and the circulation of human skulls in the Portuguese empire, 1870-1930 /  |c Ricardo Roque. 
260 |a Basingstoke [England] ;  |a New York :  |b Palgrave Macmillan,  |c 2010. 
300 |a xiv, 342 p. :  |b ill., maps. 
490 1 |a Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-322) and index. 
505 8 |a 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. 
520 |a "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. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
650 0 |a Craniology  |z Portugal  |x History. 
650 0 |a Headhunters  |z Timor-Leste  |x History. 
650 0 |a Rites and ceremonies  |z Timor-Leste. 
650 0 |a Skull  |x Social aspects  |z Timor-Leste. 
650 0 |a Skull  |x Social aspects  |x Collectors and collecting  |z Portugal. 
650 0 |a Ethnology  |z Timor-Leste. 
650 0 |a Museum exhibits  |z Portugal. 
650 0 |a Human remains (Archaeology)  |z Portugal. 
651 0 |a Timor-Leste  |x Colonization. 
651 0 |a Portugal  |x Colonies  |z Asia. 
655 4 |a Electronic books. 
710 2 |a ProQuest (Firm) 
830 0 |a Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series. 
856 4 0 |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/oeawat/detail.action?docID=598066  |z Click to View