Headhunting and colonialism: anthropology and the circulation of human skulls in the Portuguese Empire, 1870-1930

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 indigenouspeoples and colonial powers, and how collected remains became regarded as objects of wider significance. INDICE: Illustrations& Maps - Abbreviations - Glossary - Acknowledgements - 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 - Histories and Classification in Timorese Anthropology - Collecting and the Dramas of Colonial Hostility - Conclusion - Notes - Bibliography - Index -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-22205-2
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 360
• Fecha Publicación: 22/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés