| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 256 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; Part One: Restoring Historical Context; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Part Two: Representing Cultural Complexity; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Part Three: Redisplaying World Arms; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Bibliography; Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Anthropological museums and collections.
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Weapons.
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weapons.
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Anthropology.
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Society & culture: general.
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Museology & heritage studies.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Anthropological museums and collections
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Weapons
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Crowley, Tom, editor
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| ISBN |
9781527503755 |
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1527503755 |
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1527510484 |
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9781527510487 |
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