Body Trade: Captivity, Cannibalism and Colonialism in the Pacific

By Barbara Creed

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415938422
• ISBN13: 9780415938426
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 7.8"