Headhunting and colonialism
Subtitle: anthropology and the circulation of human skulls in the Portuguese empire, 1870-1930
By: Ricardo Roque.
Series: Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230222052
Subjects: Craniology -- Portugal -- History; Headhunters -- Timor-Leste -- History; Rites and ceremonies -- Timor-Leste; Skull -- Social aspects -- Timor-Leste; Skull -- Social aspects -- Portugal -- Collectors and collecting; Ethnology -- Timor-Leste; Museum exhibits -- Portugal; Human remains (Archaeology) -- Portugal; Timor-Leste -- Colonization; Portugal -- Colonies -- Asia
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Illustrations and Maps; title: Acknowledgements; title: Abbreviations; title: Glossary; title: Introduction; title: PART I: ENCOUNTERS WITH PARASITES; title: Parasitism in Colonial Interactions; title: The Order of Ceremonial Government; title: The Circulatory System of Colonial Headhunting; title: PART II: SKULLS AND HISTORIES; title: Trajectories of Human Skulls in Museum Collections; title: Human skulls as anthropological objects; title: History and Classification in Timorese Anthropology; title: Collecting and the Dramas of Colonial Hostility; title: Conclusion; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.