Body Trade Captivity, Cannibalism and Colonialism in the Pacific

Body Trade exposes myths surrounding the trade in heads, cannibalism, captive white women, the display of indigenous people in fairs and circuses, the stolen generations, the 'comfort' women and the making of the exotic/erotic body. This is a lively and intriguiung comtribution to the study of the postcolonial body.

Info autore

Barbara Creed, Jeanette Hoorn

Riassunto

Exploring the history of the South Pacific traffic in human bodies from the 18th to the 21st century, this work exposes myths surrounding the trade in heads, cannibalism, captive white women, the display of indigenous people in fairs and circuses, the stolen generations and others.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Barbara Creed (Editore), Jeanette Hoorn (Editore), Creed Barbara (Editore), Hoorn Jeanette (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 12.04.2002
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Saggistica > Storia > Altro
• EAN: 9780415938426
• ISBN: 978-0-415-93842-6
• Numero di pagine: 326
• Illustrazioni: farbige Illustrationen
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 13.8 x 21.6 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 610 g
• Categorie: HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Postcolonial Studies, Social and cultural history, South Pacific, Human Remains Trade, indigenous representation, colonial violence analysis, ethnographic spectacle, colonial body politics research, cultural anthropology Pacific