The Invention of Indigenous America - The Role of Material Culture in the Production of Transatlantic Imaginaries on Brazilian Natives

This book explores the decolonization of ethnographic collections by analyzing the historical and cultural narratives surrounding artifacts from two Brazilian indigenous groups and preserved in European museums.

About the author

Anna Bottesi is post-doc researcher at the University of Bologna. She makes research on ethnographic collections and indigenous peoples in Brazil. She is currently resides in Trento, Italy.

Product details

• Authors: Anna Bottesi
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 11.11.2025
• EAN: 9781839995736
• ISBN: 978-1-83999-573-6
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 229 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Society & social sciences, ART / Museum Studies, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, Social and cultural anthropology, History of the Americas, Museology and heritage studies