Body Trade
Captivity, Cannibalism and Colonialism in the Pacific
Published on 12. April 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
326 pages
978-0-415-93842-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"Both camps should welcome this compendium of essays that takes as its focus the notion of the subjugated, captive body, a central contruct in recent debates in feminist theory, postcolonial theory, psychoanalysis, and theories of narrativity.Body Trade is the first book to present theories of the body in relation to the colonial histories of Australia and the Pacific. The ContemporaryPacific Fall, 2003."More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
14 farbige Abbildungen
14 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
414 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-93842-6 (9780415938426)
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04/2002
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Persons
Barbara Creed, Jeanette Hoorn
Content
Acknowledgements. Foreword by Peter Hulme. Introduction. Part I: Circus, Trade & Spectacle. Part II: Manufacturing the 'Cannibal' Body. Part III: Captive White Bodies & the Colonial Imaginary in Terra Australis. Part IV: Film, Desire & the Colonised Body.