Dividing the spoils
Perspectives on military collections and the British empire
At a time of heightened international interest in the colonial dimensions of museum collections, Dividing the Spoils provides new perspectives on the motivations and circumstances whereby collections were appropriated and acquired during colonial military service. Combining approaches from the fields of material anthropology, imperial and military history, this book argues for a deeper examination of these collections within a range of intercultural histories that include alliance, diplomacy, curiosity and enquiry, as well as expropriation and cultural hegemony. As museums across Europe reckon with the post-colonial legacies of their collecti…
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Weitere Autoren: Allan, Stuart (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-5261-3922-1
- EAN: 9781526139221
- Produktnummer: 34779124
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 344 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'233 KB
- Abbildungen: 31 black & white illustrations
Über den Autor
Henrietta Lidchi is Chief Curator at the National Museum van Wereldculturen, Netherlands, and a Research Fellow at National Museums ScotlandStuart Allan is Keeper of Scottish History and Archaeology at National Museums Scotland
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