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LEADER: 03083cam a2200565 a 4500
001 2009046793
003 DLC
005 20100902193657.0
008 091106s2010 enkab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009046793
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020 $a9780230222052 (hardback)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn428030679
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050 00 $aGN85.P8$bR67 2010
060 00 $a2010 E-335
060 10 $aGN 85.P8$bR786h 2010
082 00 $a599.9/4809469$222
100 1 $aRoque, Ricardo.
245 10 $aHeadhunting and colonialism :$banthropology and the circulation of human skulls in the Portuguese empire, 1870-1930 /$cRicardo Roque.
260 $aBasingstoke [England] ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2010.
300 $axiv, 342 p. :$bill., maps ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aCambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 297-322) and index.
505 8 $aMachine 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.
650 0 $aCraniology$zPortugal$xHistory.
650 0 $aHeadhunters$zTimor-Leste$xHistory.
650 0 $aRites and ceremonies$zTimor-Leste.
650 0 $aSkull$xSocial aspects$zTimor-Leste.
650 0 $aSkull$xSocial aspects$xCollectors and collecting$zPortugal.
650 0 $aEthnology$zTimor-Leste.
650 0 $aMuseum exhibits$zPortugal.
650 0 $aHuman remains (Archaeology)$zPortugal.
651 0 $aTimor-Leste$xColonization.
651 0 $aPortugal$xColonies$zAsia.
650 12 $aCraniology$xhistory$zEast Timor.
650 12 $aCraniology$xhistory$zPortugal.
650 22 $aColonialism$xhistory$zEast Timor.
650 22 $aColonialism$xhistory$zPortugal.
650 22 $aExhibits as Topic$zEast Timor.
650 22 $aExhibits as Topic$zPortugal.
650 22 $aHistory, 19th Century$zEast Timor.
650 22 $aHistory, 19th Century$zPortugal.
650 22 $aHistory, 20th Century$zEast Timor.
650 22 $aHistory, 20th Century$zPortugal.
650 22 $aSkull$zEast Timor.
650 22 $aSkull$zPortugal.
830 0 $aCambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.