Headhunting and colonialism: anthropology and the circulation of human skulls in the Portuguese empire, 1870-1930 / Ricardo Roque.
Roque, Ricardo.
2010
GN85.P8 R67 2010
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Title
Headhunting and colonialism: anthropology and the circulation of human skulls in the Portuguese empire, 1870-1930 / Ricardo Roque.
Author
Roque, Ricardo.
ISBN
9780230222052 (hardback)
Publication Details
Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 342 pages ) : illustrations, maps.
Call Number
GN85.P8 R67 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
599.9/4809469
Summary
"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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-322) and index.
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Series
Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
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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.

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