Colonialism and the Object: Empire, Material Culture and the Museum

Bys: Tom Flynn and Tim Barringer

Book Overview

Drawing together an international group of scholars from a variety of disciplinary and cultural backgrounds, Colonialism and the Object explores the impact of colonial contact with other cultures on the material culture of both the colonized and the imperial nation.

The book includes intensive case-studies of objects from India, Pakistan, New Zealand, China and Africa, all of which were collected by, or exhibited in, the institutions of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415157765
• ISBN13: 9780415157766
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.8" x 9.6"