Body Trade : Captivity, Cannibalism and Colonialism in the Pacific
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0415938848
ISBN-13
9780415938846
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 12th, 2002
Print length
326 Pages
Weight
498 grams
Product Classification:
Social & cultural history
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Exploring the history of the South Pacific traffic in human bodies from the 18th to the 21st century, this work exposes myths surrounding the trade in heads, cannibalism, captive white women, the display of indigenous people in fairs and circuses, the stolen generations and others.
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.
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