Title Professional savages : captive lives and western spectacle / Roslyn Poignant

Published Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, 2004

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Description 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm regular print Contents Introduction. The journey -- 1. Meet the travellers -- 2. 'Now enough' -- 3. Colonial circuits -- 4. American spectacle: 'Attractions of wonder' -- 5. European spectacle -- 6. Palaces of illusion and scientific discipline -- 7. 'Rare strangers' -- 8. To Constantinople and back -- 9. Absent presence: 'Billy, the Australien' at the Paris Exposition, 1889 -- 10. King Bill and Company : the story of the second group -- 11. Welcome home Tambo Summary In October 1993, news flashed around the world that the mummified body of a North Queensland Aborigine called Tambo had been found in the basement of a recently closed funeral home in Cleveland, Ohio. This event brought to public attention the little known stories of the removal abroad of two groups of North Queensland Aborigines Analysis Aborigines Indigenous populations Exhibitions Circuses Museums and galleries Cultural anthropology History Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 278-293 Subject Tambo, -1884 -- Death and burial. Barnum and Bailey. Barnum and Bailey -- History. Aboriginal Australians in popular culture. Aboriginal Australians in popular culture -- History -- 19th century. Aboriginal Australians -- Public opinion. Circus -- History -- 19th century. Racism in museum exhibits -- History -- 19th century. Racism in anthropology -- History -- 19th century. Museum exhibits -- Moral and ethical aspects. Human remains (Archaeology) -- Repatriation -- Australia. SUBJECT United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330 -- Public opinion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006218 Europe http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045631 -- Public opinion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006218 Genre/Form History. ISBN 0868407437

Other Titles Captive lives and western spectacle

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