Colonial Collecting and Display

Encounters with Material Culture from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-85745-941-1
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

Reihe: Museums and Collections

In the late-nineteenth century, British travelers to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands compiled wide-ranging collections of material culture for scientific instruction and personal satisfaction. Colonial Collecting and Display follows the compelling history of a particular set of such objects, tracing their physical and conceptual transformation from objects of indigenous use to accessioned objects in a museum collection in the south of England. This first study dedicated to the historical collecting and display of the Islands' material cultures develops a new analysis of colonial discourse, using a material culture-led approach to reconceptualize imperial relationships between Andamanese, Nicobarese, and British communities, both in the Bay of Bengal and on British soil. It critiques established conceptions of the act of collecting, arguing for recognition of how indigenous makers and consumers impacted upon "British" collection practices, and querying the notion of a homogenous British approach to material culture from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wintle, Claire

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volks- und Völkerkundliche Museen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

List of Maps

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Imperial Encounters and Material Culture

Chapter 1. Production, Use, Exchange: Spheres of Influence in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Chapter 2. Colonial Perspectives on Material Culture from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Chapter 3. Wider Spheres of Influence: The Andaman and Nicobar Islands in Victorian and Edwardian Britain

Chapter 4. Public Property: The Andaman and Nicobar Islands at Brighton Museum, 1900 - 1949

Chapter 5. Objects and Encounters Today

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Wintle, Claire
Claire Wintle is a Senior Lecturer in the History of Art and Design at the University of Brighton. She holds degrees from the Universities of Manchester and Sussex and has worked in collections and public programs at the Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove, and National Museums Liverpool.