Science and Power in the Nineteenth-Century Tasman World - Popular Phrenology in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

"A compelling history of how popular phrenology featured in the fates of people living in, and moving through, the settler-colonial world of nineteenth-century Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Innovatively using historical newspapers and other archives, Roginski traces the careers of a range of popular phrenologists and those they encountered"--

List of contents

1. Bumps on the road: phrenological touts and travellers; 2. Massaging the town: phrenological ordeals and audiences; 3. Tactics on stage: indigenous performers, cultural exchange and negotiated power; 4. A godly touch of male power: phrenology, mesmerism and gendered authority; 5. Talking heads on a Murray River mission; 6. Black phrenologists, black masks; 7. Popular science in a changing Māori world; 8. Gardening a Duropean island: phrenologists, whiteness and reform for nationhood; 9. Divinatory science in the city and the bush; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Dr Alexandra Roginski is a historian and writer based on Wurundjeri Country in Melbourne, Australia, and a Visiting Fellow of the State Library of New South Wales and Deakin University.

Summary

A compelling history of how popular phrenology featured in the fates of people living in, and moving through, the settler-colonial world of nineteenth-century Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Innovatively using historical newspapers and other archives, Roginski traces the careers of a range of popular phrenologists and those they encountered.

Foreword

A compelling history of popular phrenology in the transforming settler-colonial landscapes of the nineteenth-century Tasman World.

Product details

• Authors: Alexandra Roginski, Alexandra (Deakin University Roginski, Roginski Alexandra
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2025
• EAN: 9781009010504
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0901050-4
• No. of pages: 289
• Series: Science in History
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Australia, HEALTH & FITNESS / Herbal Medications, HEALTH & FITNESS / Alternative Therapies, SCIENCE / History, MEDICAL / History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Medicine, History of Science, New Zealand, Traditional medicine and herbal remedies, Traditional medicine & herbal remedies, New Zealand / Aotearoa