At a time of heightened international interest in the colonial dimensions of museum collections, Dividing the Spoils provides new perspectives on the motivations and circumstances whereby collections were appropriated and acquired during colonial military service. Combining approaches from the field...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Lidchi, Henrietta (HerausgeberIn), Allan, Stuart 1962- (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Manchester Manchester University Press 2020
Schriftenreihe:	Studies in Imperialism
Schlagworte:	Kolonialismus Artefakt Militärgeschichtliches Museum Großbritannien Aufsatzsammlung
Online-Zugang:	UBT01 URL des Erstveröffentlichers
Zusammenfassung:	At a time of heightened international interest in the colonial dimensions of museum collections, Dividing the Spoils provides new perspectives on the motivations and circumstances whereby collections were appropriated and acquired during colonial military service. Combining approaches from the fields of material anthropology, imperial and military history, this book argues for a deeper examination of these collections within a range of intercultural histories that include alliance, diplomacy, curiosity and enquiry, as well as expropriation and cultural hegemony. 0As museums across Europe reckon with the post-colonial legacies of their collections, Dividing the Spoils explores how the amassing of objects was understood and governed in British military culture, and considers how objects functioned in museum collections thereafter, suggesting new avenues for sustained investigation in a controversial, contested field
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xix, 324 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:	9781526139214
DOI:	10.7765/9781526139214