ISBN:
1527503755
,
9781527503755
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 256 pages)
,
illustrations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Weapons, culture and the anthropology museum
DDC:
306.074
Keywords:
Anthropological museums and collections
;
Weapons
;
Anthropology
;
Society & culture: general
;
Museology & heritage studies
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Anthropological museums and collections
;
Weapons
Abstract:
Largely due to the tastes of nineteenth century Western collectors and curators, weaponry abounds in ethnographic museums. However, the relative absence of Asian, African, Native American and Oceanic arms and armour from contemporary gallery displays neither reflects this fact, nor accords these important artefacts the attention they deserve. Weapons are often those objects in museums which most strongly record traumatic histories of colonial conquest around the world, showcase a society's most complex technologies, and encode a wealth of historical information relating to violent conflict, cu
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
