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...
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Superior document: | Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series |
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Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
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Physical Description: | xiv, 342 p. :; ill., maps. |
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Table of Contents:
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- 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.