An edition of The Brutish Museums (2020)

The Brutish Museums

The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution

Paperback first edition

by

  • 8 Want to read
Cover of: The Brutish Museums by Dan Hicks, Dan Hicks
Not in Library

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today
Notes
  • 8 Want to read
Notes

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Last edited by ImportBot
March 19, 2023 | History
Edit
An edition of The Brutish Museums (2020)

The Brutish Museums

The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution

Paperback first edition

by

  • 8 Want to read

This edition doesn't have a description yet. Can you add one?

Publish Date
Publisher
Pluto Press
Language
English
Pages
368

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Subjects

museums, colonialsim, repatriation, restoration, Benin bronzes, art, Museums, Acquisitions, Moral and ethical aspects, History, Case studies, Bronzes, Violence against, Colonialism, Ethnic Violence, Ethics, Musées, Acquisition, Aspect moral, Histoire, Cas, Études de

Places

Benin City, Benin
Edition Availability
Cover of: The Brutish Museums
The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution
2021, Pluto Press
Paperback in English - Paperback first edition
  • Not in Library
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Brutish Museums
Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution
2020, Pluto Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

Add another edition?

Book Details

Table of Contents

List of Plates. ix
Preface. xii
Preface to the Paperback Edition. xviii
1. The Gun That Shoots Twice. 1
2. A Theory of Taking. 18
3. Necrography. 25
4. White Projection. 37
5. World War Zero. 49
6. Corporate-Militarist Colonialism. 57
7. War on Terror. 79
8. The Benin-Niger-Sudan Expedition. 99
9. The Sacking of Benin City. 109
10. Democide. 115
11. Iconoclasm. 128
13. Necrology. 152
14. 'The Museum of Weapons etc.'. 166
15. Chronopolitics. 178
16. A Declaration of War. 194
17. A Negative Monument. 209
18. Ten Thousand Unfinished Events. 230
Afterword: A Decade of Returns
Appendix 1: Provisional List of the Worldwide Locations of Benin Plaques Looted in 1897. 243
Appendix 2: Provenance of Benin Objects in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford (the 'First Collection'). 245
Appendix 3: Sources of Benin Objects in the Former Pitt-Rivers Museum, Farnham (the 'Second Collection'). 246
Appendix 4: Current Location of Benin Objects Previously in the Pitt-Rivers Museum at Farnham (the 'Second Collection'). 247
Appendix 5: Provisional List of the Museums, Galleries and Collections that May Currently Hold Objects Looted from Benin City in 1897. 248
Notes. 253
References. 280
Index. 299

Edition Notes

Published in
London, UK
Other Titles
Brutish Museums
Copyright Date
2020

Classifications

Library of Congress
AM135.H5 2021

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
345
Number of pages
368
Dimensions
19.5 x 12.5 x 2.5 centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL34777524M
ISBN 13
9780745346229

Source records

Better World Books record
amazon.com record

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

This work does not appear on any lists.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
March 19, 2023 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
December 10, 2022 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
February 1, 2022 Edited by gregor.wittrick Work: keywords. Edition: publishing info, table of contents, physical object, cover image.
September 16, 2020 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
August 26, 2020 Created by ImportBot import new book